India push for digital sovereignty risks more online surveillanceIndia's push for digital sovereignty will have enormous consequences for the country's 1.4 billion population, tech experts and rights grou...
06 Feb, 2023, 07.35 AM IST
SIBM and Swansea University organise a seminar series on emerging perspectives on MetaverseThe Digital Future for Business & Society seminar series is hosted by Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) and Swansea Univers...
30 Jan, 2023, 04.15 PM IST
Twitter abruptly suspends Koo’s new query handleKoo CEO says no reason given for action, asks Musk on Twitter: How is this free speech?
17 Dec, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Twitter sues Indian govt, says content takedown orders is abuse of powerTwitter's attempt to get a judicial review is part of a growing confrontation with the Indian government over content regulation.
05 Jul, 2022, 08.18 PM IST
85% intermediaries say new IT rules will negatively impact ease of doing business: reportA majority of intermediaries and cybersecurity experts said that it was technically impossible to introduce traceability on end-to-end encr...
04 Jul, 2022, 08.33 PM IST
Hazy IT rules may lead to aggressive content takedown, warn expertsSetting up an appellate tribunal to review content is a positive step though greater clarity is needed on the constitution of the committee...
14 Jun, 2022, 09.23 PM IST
IT ministry plans to reverse content moderation decisions by Big TechIn republished draft changes to IT Rules 2021, the IT Ministry (MeitY) stated that the new amendment "will not impact early stage or growth...
07 Jun, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
Koo takes the Facebook route, set to launch advisory boardThe company has been growing at a fast clip over the past few years and expanding significantly in regional languages. It is also looking t...
16 Mar, 2022, 07.52 PM IST
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...
02 Feb, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
Central Institute for Indian Languages, Koo collaborate to promote fair use of languageThey will work jointly to strengthen its content moderation policies and help users stay safe and secure online.
08 Dec, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
Received 94 grievances, actioned 133 URLs in May 26-Jun 25: Twitter compliance reportTwitter, in the report titled 'India Transparency Report: User Grievances and Proactive Monitoring July 2021', said it had received 94 grie...
11 Jul, 2021, 05.48 PM IST
First compliance report by Google, Facebook under IT rules big step towards transparency: PrasadThe publishing of compliance reports by Google, Facebook and Instagram is bound to turn up the heat on Twitter, which has been engaged in a...
03 Jul, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
Facebook took action against 30M items in the first monthly compliance report under India IT rulesInstagram took action against about two million pieces across nine categories during the same period, the social media giant said in its ma...
03 Jul, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Social media stalemateIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: Govt appears to be at an impasse with Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and Twitter over new India IT rules; T...
26 May, 2021, 08.55 AM IST
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...
14 Feb, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Twitter clone Koo, endorsed by govt, trends amid standoffKoo App was trending on Twitter earlier today amid the latter’s ongoing kerfuffle with the Indian government on accounts linked to the ongo...
10 Feb, 2021, 07.22 PM IST
Microblogging platform Koo bags $4.1 million in fundingFounded in 2020, Koo allows users to connect, comment and engage in 13 local languages.
05 Feb, 2021, 01.10 PM IST