Government of India

The Union government finalized rules for self-regulation of contents on OTT platforms and social media on February 26. The Centre has mandated social media intermediaries to register complaints of users under 24 hours. Moreover, contents involving nudity must be removed within 24 hours. Meanwhile, OTT platforms are mandated to have grievance redressal officers to address anti-India content along with sexually explicit content and have self-… read-more

French cybersecurity researcher Robert Baptiste has claimed that Twitter's alternative ‘Koo’ app has been allegedly leaking users' data, including email, contacts, and date-of-birth. Robert tweeted a screengrab claiming information leaks. However, the Koo officials have denied a data breach. While accused of having Chinese links, the officials affirmed that associated company Shunwei would exit soon. Reportedly, three million people,… read-more

India's request for information and account removal to Twitter leapfrogged to 451% and 450% respectively from Jan-June 2019 to Jan-June 2020. Reportedly, 2,613 such requests were made by the government after scrutinizing 6,346 accounts, albeit only 1% was complied by Twitter. Moreover, of the 5,877 information requests since 2012, majority were made in first-half of 2020 (44.5%). Besides, Facebook also received 35,560 requests for 57,294… read-more

As an awareness move, Union Home Ministry managed Twitter handle Cyber Dost is warning people against a new cybercrime in trend. Through Cyber Dost, the government has warned online banking users not to respond to the ‘new nominee added’ messages as they are fraudulent. Reportedly, the new cybercrime deceives people through a deceitful text message asking users to log-in to their account online. Moreover, to appear authentic, they mention the… read-more

As the deadlock on the farmers' protest continues, the Supreme Court has advised the Centre to put the implementation of new farms laws on hold. The 3-judge bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde stressed the importance of talks between the Centre and the farmers, fearing unnecessary stretch of the protests. Moreover, even though it stated protests cannot impede the general movement, it refused to interfere with the farmers' protest calling … read-more