EU to soon roll out age-check app for social media where India could be looking to followEuropean Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...
15 Apr, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
YouTube, TikTok engaging with Indonesia government on child social media blockTikTok and video platform YouTube are in discussions with Indonesia's government about its plan to block social media access for children u...
09 Mar, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
Rajya Sabha raises concerns over spam calls, outward migration, wild boar menaceDuring a spirited session on Monday, Rajya Sabha members raised crucial issues such as the invasion of privacy through persistent unsolicit...
02 Feb, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
'False allegation... I will complain': UP man after his phone number shown on Rahul Gandhi's PCAnjMishra from Uttar Pradesh intends to file a police complaint after Rahul Gandhi displayed his phone number during a press conference, al...
19 Sep, 2025, 05.38 PM IST
Centre to table Online Gaming Regulation Bill in Lok Sabha todayThe central government will present the Online Gaming Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha. Ashwini Vaishnaw will introduce the bill. It focuses on regul...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
From ban on gender-transition surgeries to air travel rules, US to implement new laws in 2025. Check detailsIn 2025, new state and federal laws will be implemented affecting areas like artificial intelligence and domestic air travel. Adults will n...
31 Dec, 2024, 09.46 PM IST
Snapchat unveils location-sharing features to safeguard teen usersThe new feature allows families to pick three specific locations on the Snap Map, like home or school, for their children. When young users...
14 Nov, 2024, 06.30 PM IST
DPDP Act: parents prefer one-time consent for children's dataSection 9 of the DPDP Act mandates parental consent for the processing of children’s data and restricts personalised content for minors und...
12 Nov, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
Instagram, Facebook owner Meta to restrict teen content surrounding eating disorders, self-harm and suicide. Know moreMeta stated on Tuesday that it will be protecting the accounts of teen users and hiding content that is considered age-inappropriate for th...
10 Jan, 2024, 02.28 AM IST
EU lawmakers back rules forcing Big Tech to tackle child pornographyThe draft rule on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), proposed by the European Commission last year, has been a bone of contention between ...
23 Nov, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
Worldcoin scans eyeballs and offers crypto. What to know about the project from OpenAI's CEOThe international ID startup, backed by big names in Silicon Valley, is now having to defend itself in investigations over whether the biom...
11 Aug, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
US state sues TikTok over safety and security breachesThe US state of Indiana has sued popular social media app TikTok over safety and security breaches.
11 Dec, 2022, 05.16 PM IST
Siri or Alexa, virtual assistants are always listening to children and then using the sonic dataThere are pressing issues that derive from the collection, storage and analysis of sonic data as they pertain to parents, youth and childre...
18 Jul, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
'Some parts of data bill may be at odds with global frameworks'These include provisions on non-personal data as well as data flow restrictions, said Katherine Charlet, director, data, Google, while push...
15 Dec, 2021, 09.42 AM IST
RSS wing calls for TikTok, Helo BanThe Swadeshi Jagran Manch, the economic wing of RSS, claimed the Chinese Byte-Dance-owned applications were exposing India’s youth to veste...
15 Jul, 2019, 08.15 AM IST
Online threat: A dangerous medium of getting sexually abusedAbout 83% of 18-year-olds surveyed in India believe young people are in danger of being sexually abused online.
18 Jun, 2016, 07.23 AM IST
- Google trial in Italy: freedom v. responsibility
Testimony begins Tuesday in the Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to...
23 Jun, 2009, 01.43 PM IST