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Facebook, YouTube Said to Be Warned Against Misuse of Deepfakes by Indian Government
India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he sa...
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Government's Relationship With Social Media Platforms Is Through Compliance of Law and Rules: MoS IT
The government's relationship with any social media platform is simply through the prism of compliance of law and rules, and therefore there is nothing personal or adversarial against one platform or the other, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said. The platforms have to respect the Indian laws, the Minister of State for IT and Electronics a...
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Twitter, Facebook, Others Will Have to Abide by Local Laws, Says Minister
The new amendments to IT rules impose a legal obligation on social media companies to take all out efforts to prevent barred content and misinformation, the government said on Saturday making it clear that platforms such as Twitter and Facebook operating in India will have to abide by local laws and constitutional rights of Indian users.
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Twitter "Deliberately" Defiant To Laws Of The Land: Centre To Karnataka High Court
The Centre has told the Karnataka High Court that Twitter "deliberately" remained non-compliant and defiant to the laws of the land and that the social media giant has no role to play in the security of the country.
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IRCTC Officials Summoned by Parliamentary Panel Over Tender to Monetise Citizen Data
Top officials of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have reportedly been summoned by a parliamentary panel to question them about a tender seeking to monetise digital data of the Indian Railways and the IRCTC.
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Big Tech Firms Grilled by Parliamentary Panel Ahead of Upcoming Fair Competition Framework for Digital Markets
Big Tech firms were grilled by a parliamentary panel on Tuesday, where representatives of firms including Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Uber were questioned on alleged anti-competitive practices. The panel, working under Union Minister Jayant Sinha is working on a report on developing a legal framework to ensure fair compet...
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Crypto Trading Volumes in India Take a Hit Following TDS Rule Enforcement
By July 3, the trade volumes on BitBNS and CoinDCX crypto exchanges dropped by 37.4 percent and 90.9 percent respectively. Other Indian exchanges such as WazirX and Zebpay witnessed dips in trading activities soon after the one percent TDS on each crypto transaction went into execution on July 1. The outcry over these laws from investors have taken...
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India Revises Rules for Social Media Companies, Calls It Necessary to Protect Indians’ Constitutional Rights
India reissued new rules on social media companies on Monday. The rules, which were proposed but abruptly withdrew last week, were issued without any changes. The Indian government believes that the law was needed because the companies had violated users' constitutional rights in India.
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Tom And Jerry's Antics Would Draw Tough Charges In India. A Twitter Thread
A Twitter user has found a creative way to let people understand how the Indian Penal Code functions. He used cartoon characters Tom and Jerry, popular for their daily mischief, to explain how the IPC would apply to them.
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"Even Twitter Has Shown Him The Door": BJP MP's Swipe At Rahul Gandhi
The BJP took swipes at Rahul Gandhi on Friday over Twitter locking his account for violating company policy and Indian laws - by posting photographs that show him with the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl allegedly raped and killed in Delhi.
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Twitter Loses Immunity Over User-Generated Content in India as It Fails to Comply With New IT Rules
Twitter no more enjoys liability protection against user-generated content in India as the US microblogging giant has failed to comply with new IT rules, the Indian government said in a court filing.
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Twitter Should Be Accountable To Indian Laws: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said tech companies like Twitter should be accountable to India's Constitution and laws and that they should not be governed by American laws while operating in Indian territory.
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US Social Media Giants Must Obey Indian Laws: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that US social media giants must obey the laws of his country, where they are doing brisk business.
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"Didn't Violate Any Law": Varun Gandhi Challenges Twitter Over Notice
BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday challenged Twitter to reveal the legal notice that it said it had received from "Indian law enforcement" against violations by his account on the social media platform.
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"Abide By Indian Laws," Twitter Told; Panel Summons Social Media Firms
Twitter India faced tough questions on Friday including why it had not appointed a Chief Compliance Officer in India as it faced the Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary committee on IT, sources said.
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Facebook, YouTube Said to Be Warned Against Misuse of Deepfakes by Indian Government
India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he sa...
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Government's Relationship With Social Media Platforms Is Through Compliance of Law and Rules: MoS IT
The government's relationship with any social media platform is simply through the prism of compliance of law and rules, and therefore there is nothing personal or adversarial against one platform or the other, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said. The platforms have to respect the Indian laws, the Minister of State for IT and Electronics a...
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Twitter, Facebook, Others Will Have to Abide by Local Laws, Says Minister
The new amendments to IT rules impose a legal obligation on social media companies to take all out efforts to prevent barred content and misinformation, the government said on Saturday making it clear that platforms such as Twitter and Facebook operating in India will have to abide by local laws and constitutional rights of Indian users.
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Twitter "Deliberately" Defiant To Laws Of The Land: Centre To Karnataka High Court
The Centre has told the Karnataka High Court that Twitter "deliberately" remained non-compliant and defiant to the laws of the land and that the social media giant has no role to play in the security of the country.
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IRCTC Officials Summoned by Parliamentary Panel Over Tender to Monetise Citizen Data
Top officials of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have reportedly been summoned by a parliamentary panel to question them about a tender seeking to monetise digital data of the Indian Railways and the IRCTC.
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Big Tech Firms Grilled by Parliamentary Panel Ahead of Upcoming Fair Competition Framework for Digital Markets
Big Tech firms were grilled by a parliamentary panel on Tuesday, where representatives of firms including Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Uber were questioned on alleged anti-competitive practices. The panel, working under Union Minister Jayant Sinha is working on a report on developing a legal framework to ensure fair compet...
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Crypto Trading Volumes in India Take a Hit Following TDS Rule Enforcement
By July 3, the trade volumes on BitBNS and CoinDCX crypto exchanges dropped by 37.4 percent and 90.9 percent respectively. Other Indian exchanges such as WazirX and Zebpay witnessed dips in trading activities soon after the one percent TDS on each crypto transaction went into execution on July 1. The outcry over these laws from investors have taken...
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India Revises Rules for Social Media Companies, Calls It Necessary to Protect Indians’ Constitutional Rights
India reissued new rules on social media companies on Monday. The rules, which were proposed but abruptly withdrew last week, were issued without any changes. The Indian government believes that the law was needed because the companies had violated users' constitutional rights in India.
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Tom And Jerry's Antics Would Draw Tough Charges In India. A Twitter Thread
A Twitter user has found a creative way to let people understand how the Indian Penal Code functions. He used cartoon characters Tom and Jerry, popular for their daily mischief, to explain how the IPC would apply to them.
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"Even Twitter Has Shown Him The Door": BJP MP's Swipe At Rahul Gandhi
The BJP took swipes at Rahul Gandhi on Friday over Twitter locking his account for violating company policy and Indian laws - by posting photographs that show him with the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl allegedly raped and killed in Delhi.
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Twitter Loses Immunity Over User-Generated Content in India as It Fails to Comply With New IT Rules
Twitter no more enjoys liability protection against user-generated content in India as the US microblogging giant has failed to comply with new IT rules, the Indian government said in a court filing.
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Twitter Should Be Accountable To Indian Laws: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said tech companies like Twitter should be accountable to India's Constitution and laws and that they should not be governed by American laws while operating in Indian territory.
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US Social Media Giants Must Obey Indian Laws: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that US social media giants must obey the laws of his country, where they are doing brisk business.
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"Didn't Violate Any Law": Varun Gandhi Challenges Twitter Over Notice
BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday challenged Twitter to reveal the legal notice that it said it had received from "Indian law enforcement" against violations by his account on the social media platform.
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"Abide By Indian Laws," Twitter Told; Panel Summons Social Media Firms
Twitter India faced tough questions on Friday including why it had not appointed a Chief Compliance Officer in India as it faced the Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary committee on IT, sources said.
