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NHRC member defends notice to MeitY, says child safety concerns override pending DPDP enforcementThe NHRC in its March 24 notice to the ministry had raised alleged non-compliance of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act by dig...15 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM 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
- IAMAI sees ‘overreach’ in NHRC’s notice to MeitY over AI companies' DPDP breachesThe Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), voicing...01 Apr, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
- NHRC issues notices over alleged DPDP Act violations by AI, social media, edtech platformsThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of alleged violations of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Ac...25 Mar, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
- Meta asked to curb WhatsApp related scamsIndia's IT ministry is pressuring Meta to curb scams originating on WhatsApp. Fraudsters are using the platform for various schemes, includ...07 Dec, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
- Centre asks Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to curb WhatsApp-centric scamsIndia's Ministry of Electronics and IT is working with Meta to address the rise of WhatsApp scams. The scams involve fraudulent messages an...06 Dec, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
- Digital Personal Data Bill to be introduced in second half of Budget Session: Govt to SCThe government in its affidavit stated that "with a view to lay down a comprehensive legal framework governing digital personal data protec...01 Feb, 2023, 12.31 AM IST
- WhatsApp moves SC against HC order on CCI's privacy probeIn 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a probe into the then-new privacy policy of WhatsApp for alleged abuse of market...08 Oct, 2022, 09.46 AM IST
- India again tells WhatsApp to can its privacy policy, serves seven-day noticeThe Ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has shot off a second letter to Facebook-owned WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy, and ...20 May, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
- India wants WhatsApp privacy policy changes withdrawnThe WhatsApp privacy policy changes "raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens" MeitY ...20 Jan, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
- MeitY may relax norms on content monitoring for social media firmsLooks to drop clause that requires cos to develop automated tools to actively monitor content06 Sep, 2019, 09.06 AM IST
- WhatsApp says it moved fast to contain spyware attack damage"We are committed to doing all we can to prevent these abuses to our systems,” the Facebook-owned company said in its response to the gover...21 May, 2019, 11.12 PM IST
- WhatsApp Payments hit office hurdleWhatsApp has been testing its payments service in India and is close the permitted number of 1 million users.01 Aug, 2018, 08.44 AM IST
- Mob-lynching cases: Government asks WhatsApp for solutions beyond labelling forwardsThe government had in the past too issued a stern warning to the company to clamp down on hoax messages designed to "provoke" and "instigat...19 Jul, 2018, 09.00 PM IST
- Here's why WhatsApp is yet to start its payment service in IndiaNPCI has not replied to specific queries raised by the ministry of electronics and information technology early this month.28 Jun, 2018, 06.57 AM IST
- IT Ministry asks NPCI to check compliance of WhatsApp payments, data safety: SourcesWhen reached for comment, WhatsApp said that payments data is used to enable transactions, protect people from abuse and fraud, and offer c...01 Jun, 2018, 10.35 PM IST
- WhatsApp? IT Ministry asks Payments CorpMeitY hot off a fresh letter this week asking for details about the data storage policy of the US service & how user data will be shared wi...01 Jun, 2018, 01.27 PM IST
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