Top Meta India officials appear again before child rights body in sexual abuse material caseThose who appeared before the child rights panel included Meta India chief Arun Srinivas. While coming out, he didn't reply to repeated med...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.02 PM IST
Meta not a simple intermediary but service provider when algorithms decide visibility: Govt source"Service providers have many responsibilities. Meta must take on more onus after agreeing to be responsible for content on its platform," t...
16 Sep, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Meta to report child abuse cases to law enforcement in India: sourcesThis comes after the Indian government held regular meetings with Meta on technical measures since last month when Meta’s global executives...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.18 AM IST
California governor signs law to limit children's social media risksCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new laws on Thursday that address various aspects of children's safety online, in...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
California bans addictive social media features for under-16s, AI chatbot toysCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed technology laws protecting children online. These measures restrict social media features designed ...
11 Sep, 2026, 07.13 AM IST
NCPCR summons Meta India chief over alleged child sexual abuse material adsIn response to alarming discoveries from a BBC investigation, the National Commission for Child Rights has called upon the leader of Meta I...
08 Sep, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Government to ask Meta if US child safety defaults will extend to India as wellThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has been having regular meetings with Meta on technical measures since last ...
08 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Husband refused to pay Rs 9,000 maintenance, saying wife abandoned home and ignored parents; Karnataka HC rejects his plea for this reasonWife didn’t care for his parents and left his Bangalore home without informing, husband said; Karnataka HC rejects his plea to stop paying ...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.09 AM IST
NHRC seeks reports from MeitY, MIB, Delhi Police over Instagram CSAM adsThe commission took cognizance of the issue under Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, after considering media reports p...
03 Sep, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Wife accused husband working abroad of cruelty over son’s maintenance; Kerala HC cancelled complaint on this groundWife accused husband of not providing basic needs and maintenance for their 16-year-old son while he was working abroad. She had initially ...
03 Sep, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
Pakistan's Punjab Assembly seeks ban on social media accounts for children under 16The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution seeking a legal ban on social media for children under sixteen. This move addresses growing con...
02 Sep, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Need spiritual guidance? Gurus join chatbot trend as people turn to AI for answersThis unfettered access - which can be challenging to find among human gurus - is what's drawing more people to AI for spiritual guidance. T...
28 Aug, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
Child abuse victim sues Elon Musk's xAI over AI-generated imagesThe complaint, lodged Wednesday in the Northern District of California by an anonymous plaintiff identified as Jane Doe 1, alleges that xAI...
27 Aug, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
‘Impotent’ man, ‘barren woman’ remarks sparked marital fight: Why Allahabad HC refused to treat the exchange as cruelty under Section 498AAllahabad HC says lackof children despite 3-year-long marriage sparked heated exchange of words like impotent, barren woman, but this does ...
27 Aug, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harmMeta's up to $18 billion settlement with nearly 50 US states over social media harm to teenagers has opened a new front in a global governm...
27 Aug, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Tate brothers flaunted Aston Martin, Bugattis and $50M superyacht; their lawyers say they were rented props just to get social media viewsThe legal team for Andrew and Tristan Tate acknowledges that their lavish social media persona was orchestrated. They assert that the luxur...
25 Aug, 2026, 10.35 PM IST
Participants at MeitY child safety consultation call for regulation beyond content takedownsParticipants said there was no demand for a blanket ban on social media. Instead, discussions centred on defining and enforcing “safety by ...
21 Aug, 2026, 10.25 AM IST