India proposes 24x7 global communication link to curb cybercrimesThe proposal is part of India’s submission to a draft treaty on prevention of cybercrime, which is being deliberated upon by an ad-hoc comm...
22 Feb, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Twitter battles India for control of social media contentOn Tuesday, the U.S. social media platform asked an Indian court to overturn some of the government orders to kill posts, which Delhi had a...
06 Jul, 2022, 10.26 PM IST
Privacy advocates slam bill that allows linking of Aadhaar to voter IDThe government has said that linking Aadhaar to Voter IDs is key to weeding out fake and duplicate voter cards and making elections fair an...
22 Dec, 2021, 07.13 PM IST
Google, Facebook say ready to comply with revised IT rulesGovt yet to take a call on whether to give few weeks extension to large social media platforms
26 May, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
WhatsApp's unequal policies cause of concern: Govt to HCWhatsApp’s attempt to introduce a new privacy policy for Indian users, while refraining from doing so in Europe, is a "major cause for conc...
26 Jan, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
India needs Facebook, Twitter anti-fake toolsTrump and allies flooded social media on Wednesday with false claims of victory and unsupported allegations of voter fraud, testing Twitter...
06 Nov, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
Facebook faces questions on non-disclosure of network trying to influence Delhi electionsA former data scientist at Facebook detailed the allegations in a 6,600-word memo, according to a report by US-based online news portal Buz...
15 Sep, 2020, 06.48 PM IST
Platforms hear disturbing voices from ‘Bois Locker Room’The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) issued notices to Instagram and the Delhi Police on Monday, following which a 15-year-old boy was take...
06 May, 2020, 09.00 AM IST
WhatsApp confirms Indian journalists and activists targeted in hackFacebook's messaging platform alleged that the Israeli NSO Group targeted some 1,400 users. While WhatsApp declined to reveal the identitie...
01 Nov, 2019, 01.28 PM IST
There's no consensus over Aadhaar number or 16-digit virtual IDOnce the new system, unveiled by UIDAI, is implemented from June, all service providers will have to provide customers the option to key in...
12 Jan, 2018, 08.01 AM IST
Bit by bit, government looks to push new draft on encryption“The policy has to be absolutely crystal clear. Even if you look at encryption by WhatsApp, the government is in favour of it,” said the of...
27 May, 2016, 01.57 AM IST
Law student Shreya Singhal may challenge new 66A in Supreme CourtShreya Singhal, who was instrumental in getting Section 66A struck down, will approach Supreme Court if the new provision impedes freedom o...
27 Feb, 2016, 02.31 AM IST
Net neutrality: Activists laud Trai's 'strongest, clearest ruling on zero-rating in world’"The world's largest democracy ruling in favour of net neutrality is going to reverberate across the world," says Nikhil Pahwa, one of the ...
09 Feb, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
India hails TRAI verdict on differential pricing; calls it win for net neutralityMonday marked a special day for net neutrality in India after the telecom regulator banned all differential pricing, which experts believe ...
08 Feb, 2016, 06.28 PM IST
Intelligence agencies are using terrorism as a lever to weaken online privacyGlobal intelligence agencies are using terrorism as a lever to weaken privacy-protecting technologies, say those advocating digital freedom.
13 Dec, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
‘Death of net neutrality will kill media freedom’If the Trai proposal were to be accepted, India will have more in common with China, which has a notoriously controlled internet access, th...
14 Jun, 2015, 09.16 AM IST
- Investors in race for 32% in Multi Screen Media
Financial investors like General Atlantic, Standard Chartered Private Equity and possibly Ashmore Investments are in the race to acquire In...
27 Feb, 2009, 12.06 AM IST