Asked to work beyond office hours? Know your rights under new Labour CodeIndian employees are often verbally instructed to work beyond mandated hours, a practice normalized but not legal. While the new Labour Cod...
25 Apr, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
WhatsApp bans over 4.7 million accounts in March; says all three GAC orders complied withThe platform disclosed it complied with all three orders received from the newly-constituted Grievance Appellate Committee, between March 1...
01 May, 2023, 07.08 PM IST
WhatsApp banned over 1.9 million accounts in May alone: ReportMeta-owned WhatsApp banned over 1.9 million accounts in May alone, and revealed its twelfth User Safety Monthly Report published on Friday ...
01 Jul, 2022, 10.34 PM IST
Meta, WhatsApp seek nodal contact, chief compliance, grievance officers in IndiaThe new IT rules, which came into effect in May this year, mandate that significant social media intermediaries (those with other 50 lakh u...
12 Dec, 2021, 06.41 AM IST
WhatsApp names Paresh B Lal as grievance officer for India on websiteAs per WhatsApp's website, users can contact Paresh B Lal - who is the 'Grievance Officer' - through a post box in Banjara Hills in Hyderab...
31 May, 2021, 10.39 PM IST
Google, Facebook updating website to reflect new grievance officer appointed under IT rulesThe new rules require significant social media intermediaries - those with other 50 lakh users - to appoint a grievance officer, nodal offi...
30 May, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
EPFO launches WhatsApp helpline serviceThis initiative will allow the PF subscribers to interact directly with EPFO's regional offices on a personalised level adhering to one-to-...
14 Oct, 2020, 02.56 PM IST
Does WhatsApp follow data norms, SC asks RBIRegulator told to file affidavit in 6 weeks after messaging app says it abides by rules.
03 Aug, 2019, 07.39 AM IST
Payment service will be launched only after complying with RBI norms: WhatsApp to SCA bench of Justices was hearing a plea filed by an NGO, CASC, which has claimed that WhatsApp has not fully complied with RBI's circular wh...
03 May, 2019, 08.05 PM IST
Supreme Court allows NGO to make RBI party in WhatsApp payment service matterThe plea filed by NGO Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) said Whatsapp has not fully complied with the circular of the RB...
14 Jan, 2019, 11.27 PM IST
Social media companies like Facebook, WhatsApp get fortnightly meet summonsThe home ministry had asked these companies last month to develop monitoring and filtering mechanisms.
21 Nov, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
Not seeking decryption, but location, identity of those sending provocative messages: Government to WhatsAppWhatsApp has been under fire for being used to spread rumours that have led to violence.
01 Nov, 2018, 07.00 AM IST
WhatsApp to appoint India head by year-endWhile WhatsApp has appointed a grievance officer for India, the government has asked that the officer be stationed in India.
31 Oct, 2018, 10.32 PM IST
Supreme Court asks centre to reply on plea for appointment of grievance officer at WhatsAppIn its plea, the CASC said that to open a bank account, a customer needs to comply with KYC norms laid down by the RBI and various other fo...
08 Oct, 2018, 07.56 PM IST
WhatsApp now looking to hire India legal head“We can say that this position is equivalent to that of a legal head for WhatsApp in India,” a person familiar with the development told ET.
26 Sep, 2018, 10.42 AM IST
WhatsApp appoints grievance officer for IndiaThe update mentions that users can seek help through the mobile app, send an email or write in to 'Komal Lahiri', who is based out of the U...
24 Sep, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
India's top court seeks WhatsApp's response on petition alleging it breaches lawWhatsApp has also had to battle the spread of rumours and false messages on its platform that have led to mob killings and sparked calls fo...
28 Aug, 2018, 02.26 PM IST