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Bombay High Court Strikes Down Amendments To IT Rules In Case Filed By Kunal Kamra
Justices AS Gadkari and Neela Gokhale delivered the verdict, branding the amendments to IT Rules as unconstitutional and a threat to free speech.
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WhatsApp Policy Violations Led to Over 71 Lakh Account Bans in India in November
WhatsApp has announced that over 71 lakh accounts in India were banned in November 2023. As part of its latest monthly compliance report under the IT Rules 2021, the company revealed that it banned over 19 lakh accounts in India "proactively", without user reports. It also acted on a handful of over 8,000 grievances received from users last Novembe...
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WhatsApp Banned 74 Lakh Accounts In India In August
Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 74 lakh accounts in August, keeping in line with IT rules, according to the latest India monthly report by the messaging platform.
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Expunge Amendments To IT Rules On Social Media Content: Editors Guild
The Editors Guild of India has written to Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging him to "expunge" the amendments to IT Rules that seek to direct social media platforms to take down news or information identified as "
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WhatsApp Banned 37.16 Lakh Accounts in India Last Month, 60 Percent More Than October
WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned 37.16 lakh accounts in India in November, about 60 percent more than the accounts it barred in the preceding month. The banned WhatsApp accounts in India include 9.9 lakh accounts which were barred proactively before being flagged by users. In October, WhatsApp had banned 23.24 lakh accounts in the country, incl...
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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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WhatsApp Bans 18.58 Lakh Indian Accounts in January Over Complaints Received From Users, Harmful Behaviour
WhatsApp banned 18.58 lakh Indian accounts in January on the basis of complaints received from users through its grievances division and the company's own mechanism to prevent and detect law violators, according to a monthly report.
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Twitter Appointed Officers In Compliance With New IT Rules: Centre To High Court
The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Resident Grievance Officer (RGO), and Nodal Contact Person in compliance with the new IT Rules.
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Twitter In "Total Non Compliance" Of New IT Rules, Says Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over Twitter Inc appointing a contingent worker as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and said the microblogging platform was non-compliant with the new Information Technology (IT) Rules.
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Twitter's Interim Resident Grievance Officer for India Said to Step Down Days After Appointment
Amid the ongoing tussle between the Centre and microblogging platform Twitter regarding the compliance of newly IT laws, the interim Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) for India of the company has stepped down from his post, said sources.
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Google Assures Compliance With India’s New Digital Rules, Says Will Keep Policies as Transparent as Possible
Google assured compliance with new IT rules and said that that it will continue to build on its existing approaches and keep the policies as transparent as possible.
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Bombay High Court Strikes Down Amendments To IT Rules In Case Filed By Kunal Kamra
Justices AS Gadkari and Neela Gokhale delivered the verdict, branding the amendments to IT Rules as unconstitutional and a threat to free speech.
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WhatsApp Policy Violations Led to Over 71 Lakh Account Bans in India in November
WhatsApp has announced that over 71 lakh accounts in India were banned in November 2023. As part of its latest monthly compliance report under the IT Rules 2021, the company revealed that it banned over 19 lakh accounts in India "proactively", without user reports. It also acted on a handful of over 8,000 grievances received from users last Novembe...
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WhatsApp Banned 74 Lakh Accounts In India In August
Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 74 lakh accounts in August, keeping in line with IT rules, according to the latest India monthly report by the messaging platform.
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Expunge Amendments To IT Rules On Social Media Content: Editors Guild
The Editors Guild of India has written to Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging him to "expunge" the amendments to IT Rules that seek to direct social media platforms to take down news or information identified as "
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WhatsApp Banned 37.16 Lakh Accounts in India Last Month, 60 Percent More Than October
WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned 37.16 lakh accounts in India in November, about 60 percent more than the accounts it barred in the preceding month. The banned WhatsApp accounts in India include 9.9 lakh accounts which were barred proactively before being flagged by users. In October, WhatsApp had banned 23.24 lakh accounts in the country, incl...
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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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WhatsApp Bans 18.58 Lakh Indian Accounts in January Over Complaints Received From Users, Harmful Behaviour
WhatsApp banned 18.58 lakh Indian accounts in January on the basis of complaints received from users through its grievances division and the company's own mechanism to prevent and detect law violators, according to a monthly report.
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Twitter Appointed Officers In Compliance With New IT Rules: Centre To High Court
The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Resident Grievance Officer (RGO), and Nodal Contact Person in compliance with the new IT Rules.
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Twitter In "Total Non Compliance" Of New IT Rules, Says Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over Twitter Inc appointing a contingent worker as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and said the microblogging platform was non-compliant with the new Information Technology (IT) Rules.
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Twitter's Interim Resident Grievance Officer for India Said to Step Down Days After Appointment
Amid the ongoing tussle between the Centre and microblogging platform Twitter regarding the compliance of newly IT laws, the interim Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) for India of the company has stepped down from his post, said sources.
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Google Assures Compliance With India’s New Digital Rules, Says Will Keep Policies as Transparent as Possible
Google assured compliance with new IT rules and said that that it will continue to build on its existing approaches and keep the policies as transparent as possible.
