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In heated meeting, India seeks tougher action from US tech giants on fake newsThe officials, from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B), strongly criticised the companies and said their inaction on fake n...
2021 brings new norms for social media cos to 'follow'; firms 'share' concerns but 'subscribe'The year began on a turbulent note for social media platforms when the government asked Twitter to block tweets and handles in connection w...
New intermediary rules to have significant implications for social media platforms in India: Legal, tech expertsMaking a distinction between social media intermediaries and ‘significant’ social media intermediaries based on the number of users on the ...
Koo and the quest for an Atmanirbhar social networkSeveral Union ministers, their ministries and related departments have flocked to the app — which uses a yellow bird as its logo, against T...
ETtech Morning Dispatch on Feb 12, 2021: Swiggy’s war chest against Zomato, Crypto under threat in IndiaSwiggy is in talks to close a $700-800 million funding round, even as Zomato IPO plans take shape. Contours of India’s Cryptocurrency Bill ...
Twitter must abide by Indian laws, govt saysCentre says compliance with laws enacted by Parliament a must; company cites free speech for not blocking some accounts
Govt mulls arrest of Twitter officials over non-complianceTop Twitter executives in India may face arrest with the Centre making it clear that its list of accounts sought to be censured over “infla...
Twitter moves closer to ending standoff with government, blocks many accountsIT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to decline Twitter’s request for a meeting. MeitY Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney is likely to mee...
MeitY, other departments turn to microblogging site Koo as Twitter fails to follow government diktatKoo said it has so far verified handles of MeitY, MyGov, Digital India, India Post, National Informatics Centre (NIC), National Institute o...