What are the penalties for misusing visas and breaking residency laws in the UAEThe UAE has intensified its residency and entry regulations, imposing severe penalties for sheltering infiltrators, misusing visas, or tamp...
10 Dec, 2025, 03.47 PM IST
Govt panel pushes for sweeping reform, stricter laws to fight fake news, calls it direct threat to democracyA parliamentary committee has pushed for stricter measures to combat fake news, calling it a threat to public order and democracy. Recommen...
10 Sep, 2025, 11.55 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Inside Karnataka’s fake news bill, what it means for Big TechThe development is seeing parallels being drawn with the Emergency of 1975, with critics warning of a potential threat to free speech, and ...
01 Jul, 2025, 09.18 PM IST
'Just connecting the dots': Karnataka’s IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge defends proposed misinformation billKarnataka's proposed Misinformation and Fake News Bill, 2025, aims to combat the spread of false information on social media, potentially l...
29 Jun, 2025, 04.58 PM IST
Karnataka’s fake news bill: Rs 10 lakh fine, 7-year jail for disrespecting sanatan symbols, promoting superstitionThe draft bill includes setting up a state fake news regulatory authority tasked with a broad mandate to monitor and regulate the content d...
28 Jun, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Karnataka fake news draft bill raises concernsKarnataka's draft proposal, the Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025, has sparked concern by proposing to criminalize the ...
27 Jun, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Tame the wolves of Dalal StreetA Sebi study revealed that over 70% of retail traders in the intraday cash markets experienced losses, highlighting the risk posed by fake ...
26 Jul, 2024, 11.05 PM IST
Russian court fines Google $50.8 million over 'fake' Ukraine informationRussia has been at loggerheads with foreign technology companies over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dis...
20 Dec, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
Amazon, Tripadvisor, other companies team up to battle fake reviewsAmazon, reviews site Glassdoor and Trustpilot as well as travel companies Expedia Group, Booking.com and Tripadvisor said in an announcemen...
17 Oct, 2023, 11.20 PM IST
Russia fines Reddit $20,000 for banned content: news agency RIAReddit joins a list of sites under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal, including Wikimedia, streami...
15 Aug, 2023, 08.45 PM IST
Don't make 'cure' of fake news a diseaseFake news is dangerous, and governments must brace themselves for the interplay of fake news and AI-related technologies. But here's the cr...
23 Jun, 2023, 12.44 AM IST
Russian court fines Amazon's Twitch $57,000 over Ukraine contentMoscow has long objected to foreign tech platforms' distribution of content that falls foul of its restrictions, with Russian courts regula...
31 Jan, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
Sebi imposes Rs 11.4 lakh fine on 2 entities for fraudulent trading in BSE's illiquid stock optionsIn two separate orders, Sebi imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh and 6.4 lakh on Arindam Shekhar Garment and Anandi Bhupendrabhai Vekaria, respe...
18 Mar, 2020, 09.53 PM IST
SC dismisses plea seeking framing of laws against fake newsThe plea said there should be accountability, liability and responsibility of the authorities and departments concerned to prevent spread o...
08 Apr, 2019, 06.40 PM IST
Govt proposes IT Act changes to allow apps, sites to be taken downThe move comes days after senior IT ministry officials met representatives from top social media and internet companies and sought views on...
02 Jan, 2019, 10.51 AM IST
Action against some more banks on the anvil: D Subbarao, RBI ChiefReserve Bank today said it will take action against some more banks for alleged violation of regulatory norms following an expose by a news...
04 Jul, 2013, 07.12 PM IST
- China's anti-piracy efforts begin to pay off
China's anti-piracy efforts are beginning to yield results as there has been a sharp rise in the number of firms using copyrighted software...
10 Feb, 2008, 07.05 PM IST