China's state media turns to social media, AI to tell its story - often mock USIn a five-minute AI-generated animation modelled after classic martial arts movies, China's state media frames an allegory for the war in I...
11 Apr, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
IT rule tweaks only clarificatory, don't expand govt power: MeitY SecretarySocial groups warn oversight of online user content may increase censorship, industry pushes back against mandatory compliance with 'adviso...
07 Apr, 2026, 10.11 PM IST
Meity moots IT rules tweaks to mandate platforms' compliance with advisories, SOPsNew draft amendments to IT rules propose mandatory compliance for intermediaries with government clarifications and guidelines. Digital rig...
30 Mar, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
Tech researchers sue US Trump administration over visa bansIn December, the International Fact-Checking Network said it was "deeply concerned" by reports that the State Department instructed staff t...
10 Mar, 2026, 08.55 AM IST
India's tougher AI social media rules spark censorship fearsIndia has tightened rules governing the use of artificial intelligence on social media to combat a flood of disinformation, but also prompt...
17 Feb, 2026, 08.06 AM IST
UK's online safety law is putting free speech at risk, X saysSocial media platform X has criticised the UK's Online Safety Act, warning it could suppress free speech through excessive regulation. Whil...
02 Aug, 2025, 08.47 AM IST
India criticises X for calling compliance website a censorship toolThe lawsuit marks an escalation in a legal dispute between X and the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over how it orders content ...
28 Mar, 2025, 12.23 PM IST
Advocates say online erasure of women's health is 'dangerous'From women's health start-ups to reproductive healthcare groups, many say their social media posts are being censored, online paid advertis...
18 Mar, 2025, 03.41 PM IST
Come up with draft regulatory mechanism: Apex Court tells CentreThe Supreme Court asked the central government to consider a regulatory mechanism to check vulgarity on online platforms like YouTube, with...
03 Mar, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
SC asks Centre to regulate online content sans censorshipThe Supreme Court urged the Centre to devise a regulatory mechanism for social media content without imposing censorship, ensuring the righ...
03 Mar, 2025, 08.58 PM IST
Regulating online hate speech 'not censorship': UN rights chiefThe UN rights chief declared that regulating online hate speech and harmful content is not censorship. Meta recently announced it would rem...
10 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea to regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video contentA bench of CJI Gogoi & Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the ministries of broadcasting, law and communications on an appeal challeng...
11 May, 2019, 07.17 AM IST
Netflix, Hotstar, Jio, others sign self-censorship codeCode bars signatories from showing banned content; Amazon feels current rules are adequate.
18 Jan, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
Netflix, Amazon explore voluntary censorshipTop players in the video-on-demand (VOD) industry met in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the possibility and what such a code would entail.
04 Sep, 2018, 11.37 PM IST
- Supreme Court agrees to examine validity of Information Technology rules
The Supreme Court today agreed to to examine the validity of Information Technology Rules making it mandatory for a website owner to screen...
29 Apr, 2013, 10.30 PM IST
Online content censorship up 49%: GoogleAs part of its ‘transparency report’, Google on Monday said that it had received 101 content removal requests from Indian authorities betwe...
19 Jun, 2012, 06.39 AM IST
Internet content censorship from India up 49%: GoogleGoogle has reported a sharp rise of 49% in online content censorship from India as it said the trend of blockage were increasing from govts...
18 Jun, 2012, 02.52 PM IST