India had longest internet shutdown in 2023: reportAccording to a report by virtual private network tracker Top 10VPN, India imposed an internet shutdown of over 5,000 hours in Manipur alone...
13 Mar, 2024, 03.35 PM IST
Twitter violated laws between 2020-22: Amit MalviyaThe head of the BJP's IT department, Amit Malviya, has accused former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey of violating Indian laws during his time at t...
14 Jun, 2023, 03.59 PM IST
Centre rebuts Jack Dorsey's claims of Twitter facing pressure during Indian farmers' protest; terms it "outright lie"Former CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey has alleged that during the farmers' protest in India, the social media platform faced government pressu...
14 Jun, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
"Outright lie": Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's claimChandrasekhar said that the social media platform under Dorsey's leadership repeatedly violated India law and was only compliant since June...
13 Jun, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
Even children knew accounts will be blocked if farmers' stir highlighted: Rakesh Tikait on Dorsey's claimsBKU leader Rakesh Tikait has alleged that Twitter accounts that highlighted the farmers' protest were blocked due to government pressure. T...
13 Jun, 2023, 03.16 PM IST
Jack Dorsey's comment on Indian government pressuring Twitter an outright lie: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharIn a YouTube interview with Breaking Point, Dorsey said the during the 2021 farmers protests, the Indian government had asked Twitter to ta...
13 Jun, 2023, 01.24 PM IST
India, Turkey, Nigeria threatened to shut down Twitter: cofounder Jack DorseyIn an interview to the YouTube news show Breaking Points, Dorsey said India had many requests around the farmers protest and particular jou...
13 Jun, 2023, 09.43 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Punjab’s internet shutdown and why is it significant?Authorities have shut down mobile internet and SMS services in Punjab as the hunt for Amritpal Singh — a radical preacher with the Khalista...
20 Mar, 2023, 02.57 PM IST
India’s dubious record on internet shutdowns set to continueCurrently, internet shutdowns are handled by the states, which shut down internet services for a variety of reasons, such as maintaining la...
10 Sep, 2022, 07.07 AM IST
Internet body seeks centre’s oversight on net shutdownsThe current system "causes significant inconvenience to local public at large", the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) - whic...
07 Sep, 2022, 01.31 PM IST
'Agnipath' protests leave Bihar in flames; internet suspended in 12 districtsThe East Central Railway zone, which is headquartered at Hajipur, said the number of railway coaches set afire by the mobs was "more than 6...
17 Jun, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Former Twitter India head’s startup Invact Metaversity stares at shutdownMaheshwari’s ‘irreconcilable differences’ with co-founder Tanay Pratap is said to be the reason for the move, according to an email that Pr...
23 May, 2022, 09.50 PM IST
India remains trigger-happy on internet shutdownsBy the end of the year, India was responsible for at least 106 such incidents, making it the worst offender on internet shutdowns for the f...
30 Apr, 2022, 07.24 AM IST
In one year, India's info requests to Twitter increased by 451%Overall, the government made 2,613 such requests, specifying 6,346 accounts, out of which Twitter complied with just 1%
11 Feb, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
ETtech Weekend Briefing: 551 days without 4G, Budget & BezosInternet shutdowns are estimated to have cost India Rs 20,235 crore in 2020 alone. That’s 70% of what they cost the entire world that year.
06 Feb, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
China cites India to justify Internet curbsThe “justification” was described as a dangerous precedent for internet freedom in India by activists, considering that China has been repe...
19 Dec, 2019, 11.10 AM IST
Internet freedom on the decline in India: ReportThe Supreme Court also upheld laws criminalising defamation which apply to both online and offline speech.
14 Nov, 2016, 10.29 PM IST