Iran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel turned it into a targeting toolHundreds of millions of cameras have been installed above shops, in homes and on street corners across the world, many connected to the int...
24 Mar, 2026, 01.16 AM IST
Russia is cracking down on WhatsApp and Telegram: Here's what we knowRussia announced Thursday it had blocked WhatsApp over its alleged failure to comply with Russian legislation, days after restricting acces...
13 Feb, 2026, 09.26 AM IST
WhatsApp says Russia has tried to fully block the messaging appRussia's government has already blocked major social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and ramped up other online restrictions sin...
12 Feb, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state appRussia is trying to completely block WhatsApp. This move aims to promote local apps and increase government control over the internet. Russ...
12 Feb, 2026, 07.42 AM IST
Moscow chokes Telegram as it pushes state-backed rival appThe Telegram messaging app, an important platform for public and private communications in Russia, is facing new restrictions and fines fo...
10 Feb, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
Charlie Kirk’s assassination gives Russian and Chinese bots a chance to incite violence in US, claims Utah Gov Spencer CoxUtah is in sorrow after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Governor Spencer Cox cautioned about disinformation spread by foreign actors. Th...
12 Sep, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Russia orders state-backed app, WhatsApp rival, to be pre-installed on all phones and tabletsRussia will require MAX, a state-backed messaging app, on all mobile phones and tablets from next month. This decision follows restrictions...
21 Aug, 2025, 01.42 PM IST
Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram callsRussia has partially restricted calls on WhatsApp, claiming it’s a necessary step to fight fraud, extortion, and terrorism. The government ...
14 Aug, 2025, 06.18 AM IST
The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizensRights advocates say that Russia under President Vladimir Putin has harnessed digital technology to track, censor and control the populatio...
23 May, 2023, 12.38 PM IST
What do the leaked US documents say?The Pentagon says the breach poses a "very serious risk to national security," and the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigati...
12 Apr, 2023, 09.36 PM IST
Meta takes down spyware network run by Indian company CyberRoot Risk AdvisoryDuring its investigations into threats present across its platforms, Meta said it had discovered that CyberRoot Risk Advisory had a network...
16 Dec, 2022, 06.11 AM IST
Internet Freedom in India improves after 4 years of decline: Freedom House"There were fewer reported cases of targeted surveillance and online harassment during protests compared with the previous year, and the co...
18 Oct, 2022, 10.48 PM IST
A digital firewall in Myanmar, built with guns and wire cuttersSince the coup, the military has repeatedly shut off the internet and cut access to major social media sites, isolating a country that had ...
24 Feb, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
India declares Covid-19 a ‘Notified Disaster’Apple CEO Tim Cook said the tech giant’s retail operation outside China was going online for two weeks to fight the global viral pandemic. ...
14 Mar, 2020, 10.55 PM IST
Islamic State top choice for radicalised Muslim youthIndian intelligence sources said there was a trend of radicalized Muslims, who till recently gravitated towards Pakistan-based outfits or t...
13 Jul, 2018, 07.22 PM IST
Internet freedom improves in India;in partly free category: reportInternet freedom has "improved" in India in the last one year due to the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the IT Act, a US-based independ...
29 Oct, 2015, 10.54 PM IST
- Google tracking flu outbreaks in 16 more countries
Google expanded a flu-tracking tool to include 16 more countries, analyzing local patterns in search queries to determine the spread of the...
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