Social media platforms roll out features to label AI contentYouTube, Facebook, and Instagram now require users to label AI-generated or modified content in accordance with new government regulations ...
24 Nov, 2025, 09.53 AM IST
Global tech reviewing AI-labelling mandate as India curbs deepfakesMajor tech players like Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google are scrutinizing India's recent policy that requires clear labeling of AI-generated p...
27 Oct, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Centre moves to regulate deepfakes, AI media; MeitY proposes amendments to IT rulesMeitY has proposed amendments to the IT rules to regulate AI-generated content, including deepfakes. Platforms must label synthetic media c...
22 Oct, 2025, 09.20 PM IST
Only kids-focused sites may gain from age-gating tweak in data billLowering the legal user age for giving consent was one of the biggest demands of Facebook and Google, as that would have significant impact...
31 Jul, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
A month on, taking stock of Grievance Appellate Committees for social media companiesIt has been a month since three Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) were formed on March 1 enabling users with a redressal mechanism to a...
03 Apr, 2023, 06.11 AM IST
Social media companies bulk up legal teams amid increase in compliance requirementsSignificant social media intermediaries such as Google and Facebook will have to be a part of the platform to address complaints and will h...
01 Mar, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
Government launches Grievance Appellate Committee for social media firmsThe platform will automatically segregate the complaints - made to the government-appointed GACs - and escalate those that require interven...
28 Feb, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
New govt platform to process complaints against social media companiesPlatform to automatically segregate complaints and escalate those that require intervention.
28 Feb, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
Digital intermediaries hoping for a nuanced definition under Digital India ActDigital intermediaries currently include internet service providers, cloud service providers, consumer-facing social media platforms, and v...
30 Dec, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Quarterly compliance audit soon for social media firmsThe assessment, to be conducted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology from September, will check compliance on various ...
05 Aug, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Byju’s yet to close $800M round; govt may quiz FB, Twitter on compliance rateFellow edtech giant Unacademy, meanwhile, is giving its founders and top management pay cuts and shutting its global test prep business as ...
12 Jul, 2022, 06.58 AM IST
Govt may quiz Facebook, Twitter on lower compliance rate to legal noticesThe ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) is compiling comparative reports of such action taken by significant social ...
12 Jul, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
MeitY releases proposed changes to IT rules that it yanked last weekThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ( Meity) has sought comments from the public within 30 days from publishing of the d...
07 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on IT Rules over Whatsapp's traceability pleaWhatsApp LLC has urged the high court to declare Rule 4(2) of the Intermediary Rules as unconstitutional, ultra vires to the IT Act and ill...
27 Aug, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
Tech giants comply with IT rules, but several nagging concerns remainTechnology giants have conformed to the new IT rules, but several nagging concerns remain over some of the provisions of the intermediary g...
17 Jul, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
Delhi HC seeks affidavits from Twitter regarding 'interim' officersA bench of Justice Rekha Palli asked Twitter if its 'interim' chief compliance officer will take all responsibility under new IT Rules.
08 Jul, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
ETtech Explained: Government rules on WhatsApp & the controversy around itWhatsApp has taken the Government of India to court, saying that India’s new IT rules violate the right to privacy of Indian users and call...
28 May, 2021, 05.20 PM IST