Trai’s new proposal may help check spam as it complements data protection lawsTrai's new consent mechanism pilot for spam control aims to harmonize with India's data protection law, addressing past failures due to poo...
Australia fines Uber Aus$412,500 for sending over two million emails on a single dayAustralia's communications watchdog fined Uber on Thursday for sending more than two million emails to customers in breach of anti-spam law...
US judge dismisses Republican National Committee's email spam suit against GoogleIn a filing made on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Calabretta said that while it was a "close case," the political committee ha...
Trai pings OTT cos to form joint front against phishing, spamsThe telecom regulator will soon call the app makers for a meeting during which it will discuss how these over-the-top (OTT) communication p...
Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower, seeking details on spam, securityElon Musk sought information from whistleblower Peiter Zatko mostly about the way Twitter measures spam accounts.
Elon Musk can't easily give Twitter the boot over botsEven if Twitter's estimate is off, a plaintiff would have to show that the San Francisco-based company was seeking to willfully mislead inv...
Elon Musk can't easily give Twitter the boot over botsMusk tweeted on Tuesday that his $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter could not proceed until the company shows proof to back its estimate t...
Some Verizon users receiving spam texts, reports Talking Tech podcastAccording to Verizon, its staff is actively working to ban these communications, and it has partnered with US law authorities to locate and...
Automated system flagged Kisan Ekta Morcha page as spam, says Facebook"As per our review, our automated systems found an increased activity on the (Kisan Ekta Morcha) Facebook page and flagged it as spam, whic...
Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti was once unethical spammerBharti's name is linked to a tech firm that spammed website owners and tried to make them pay for directory services they never solicited.
Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti was once unethical spammerLong before Somnath Bharti ventured into politics, he ran a business on the web that many allege was "unethical" and operated in the "grey ...
- Microsoft uses law to cripple hacker spam network
Microsoft said it combined technology with an "extraordinary" legal maneuver to cripple a massive network of hacked computers. Fortify your...
- Hong Kong named world's spam capital
Hong Kong is under siege from legions of "zombies" attacking people with spam and leaving in their wake a trail of destruction costing mill...
- Tough times ahead for Net & SMS advertisers
The new national consumer policy would make it mandatory for product advertisers to get their products registered with the government befor...
- MySpace says it has won $234 mn spam judgment
The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $234 million (euro151.23 million) judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is b...
- Indian geeks rated good citizens in cyber city
The study shows that only 2.8% spam is relayed from India, whereas the US tops the chart at 19.8% followed by China at 7.5%.
- Indian geeks rated good citizens in cyber city
Research by SophosLabs shows India ranks surprisingly low when it comes to churning out malware.