EU launches investigation into Snapchat over child safety concerns under Digital Services ActEuropean Union regulators are probing Snapchat. Concerns exist that the platform inadequately protects children. Risks include exposure to ...
27 Mar, 2026, 08.53 AM IST
Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claimsIn a landmark decision, a jury in New Mexico has convicted Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, of breaching stat...
25 Mar, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
Teenagers sue Elon Musk's xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minorsThree teenagers from Tennessee are taking a stand against Elon Musk's xAI, filing suit over claims that the company's AI capabilities produ...
20 Mar, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Govt mulls authorising more ministries to issue content takedown ordersDiscussions are on with Defence, Ministry of External Affairs, and Ministry of Home Affairs, government sources said adding that once decid...
18 Mar, 2026, 06.57 PM IST
Will porn be banned in the U.S.? Will one have to input I.D. to view pornographic content? The Supreme Court is mulling ways to regulate itThe Supreme Court is considering Texas' strict age-verification law for accessing pornographic content.
16 Jan, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
Online users in the US top the world in creating sexually explicit deepfakes, India ranks secondA survey reveals that the United States leads in visits to websites creating sexually explicit deepfake images using generative AI, with 59...
31 Dec, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
18 million people from this nation of voyeurs use AI to disrobe people virtuallyA survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun found Japan logged over 18 million visits to websites creating explicit AI deepfake images in a year, ranki...
30 Dec, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
Snap sued by New Mexico over failure to protect children from sexual exploitationThe lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez said a months-long investigation found that Snapchat was a primary platform ...
06 Sep, 2024, 06.07 PM IST
Citing alleged abuses on OnlyFans, lawmakers call for stronger safeguardsLawmakers urge tighter online sexual exploitation safeguards. OnlyFans faces lawsuits over nonconsensual porn. Ofcom monitors enforcement o...
16 Mar, 2024, 10.19 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: The govt’s ban on OTT platformsThe government banned 18 over-the-top apps for housing obscene, vulgar and, in some cases, pornographic content. The move comes after risin...
15 Mar, 2024, 03.30 PM IST
OTT apps ban: I&B Ministry blocks 18 OTT platforms for publishing vulgar contentOTT apps ban: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has taken action against 18 OTT platforms for publishing inappropriate and e...
14 Mar, 2024, 03.02 PM IST
More than 3,500 people arrested in over 14,000 cybercrime complaints in 2021The number of complaints reported under the online financial fraud category of the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal from January 2021 ...
07 Dec, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
Government orders internet companies to block 67 porn websitesThe IT Rules 2021 invoked by MeitY mandates IT companies to remove or disable access to content hosted, stored or published by them which "...
29 Sep, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
Airtel blames contentious privacy policy wording on clerical error; says committed to user privacyCiting reports on its privacy policy as stated on the company's website, Airtel said, "The generic content of the definitions of what const...
19 Oct, 2020, 10.52 PM IST
Rajya Sabha panel suggests breaking encryption to trace distributors of child sexual abuse contentThe panel also stated that that gateway internet service providers must bear a significant liability to detect and block websites showing c...
27 Jan, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
US to help India check online child pornographyThe MoU will provide access to more than one lakh Tipline reports available with the NCMEC and enable law enforcement agencies in India.
29 May, 2019, 04.39 PM IST
Using Britain like porn filter model better option than blanket ban: ExpertsA blanket ban on all pornographic content is rarely considered effective because of the plethora of workarounds available.
06 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST