Motorola seeks removal of YouTube, Instagram, X content in defamation caseMotorola Mobility has filed a defamation suit in India against social media platforms and tech creators. The company seeks to remove conten...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
Gujarat HC issues notices to Meta, X, Google over PIL seeking curb on misuse of AIThe Gujarat High Court has called upon major tech players including Meta, Google, X, Reddit, and Scribd to address the growing concern of A...
15 Apr, 2026, 05.43 PM IST
IT rule tweaks only clarificatory, don't expand govt power: MeitY SecretarySocial groups warn oversight of online user content may increase censorship, industry pushes back against mandatory compliance with 'adviso...
07 Apr, 2026, 10.11 PM IST
Assam Police's special cell keeping tabs on poll-related social media posts: Top officialAssam Police's special cell is actively monitoring social media to curb malicious content ahead of Assembly elections. The unit, operating ...
04 Apr, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
Why is Anthropic racing to contain the Claude Code leak—is it exposing trade secrets, empowering hackers, and letting rivals clone its AI agent faster than ever?The Anthropic Claude Code leak has exposed more than 8,000 copies of source code to developers worldwide. This accidental release reveals p...
01 Apr, 2026, 09.22 PM IST
Anthropic Claude source code leak explained: Techie reveals how a 4 am update exposed 512,000 lines of codeA routine software update for Anthropic's Claude Code tool accidentally leaked its entire source code, sparking rapid community response. W...
01 Apr, 2026, 03.52 PM IST
India proposes making government advisories legally binding on tech giantsIndia is proposing new rules for internet platforms. Advisories and clarifications from the IT ministry will now be legally binding. This m...
30 Mar, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Gazette notification may allow more ministries to block contentSources told us that the government could use a gazette notification to give multiple ministries content-blocking powers under the Informat...
20 Mar, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Karnataka HC seeks Centre’s reply on X Corp plea challenging Sahyog portalA bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre while hearing an appeal against a si...
10 Mar, 2026, 08.41 PM IST
What is the Sahyog Portal and why has comedian Kunal Kamra challenged it in court?Comedian Kunal Kamra has challenged the government's Sahyog portal in the Bombay High Court, deeming it an unconstitutional intrusion on fr...
06 Feb, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
X appeals Karnataka HC order upholding Sahyog portalThe petition asked the court to declare the government’s new reading of Section 79 and the use of Rule 3(1)(d) ultra vires (beyond legal po...
16 Nov, 2025, 06.56 PM IST
X disagrees with govt blocking orders for certain posts and accounts, but compliesTwitter said that in compliance with the orders, it will withhold the accounts and posts in India only on government's orders, but expresse...
22 Feb, 2024, 11.50 AM IST
Twitter takes down filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s controversial tweetThe US-based microblogging site revealed this in a report to Lumen Database, a repository of legal complaints and requests for removal of o...
06 Jul, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
Govt likely to issue clarifications on India IT rules, officials sayClarifications on the new India IT rules are currently being discussed and are "aimed at law enforcement agencies that give orders for info...
22 Jul, 2021, 06.30 AM IST
EC's poll rules have social media companies in a knotIAMAI is in process of finalising a separate takedown process with EC for polls
18 Sep, 2019, 06.24 AM IST
ShareChat removes some videos on TikTok noticeChinese app claims exclusive rights over content; experts say this may impact platform’s intermediary status.
23 Aug, 2019, 09.40 AM IST
Why winning the dancing baby lawsuit is a big deal for the InternetOrganizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation have long pointed out that companies abuse the DMCA, by sending out (absurd) takedown...
15 Sep, 2015, 01.35 PM IST