It Rules 2021

WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code).

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.

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...

The ruling Junta in Myanmar has been losing vital military locations and border towns to well-armed ethnic militias that have collaborated with resistance forces to launch massive new offensives in recent weeks, CNN reported.

In yet another blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, its MLA Harakali Protiher switched to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday.

The banned WhatsApp accounts in India include 3,506,905 accounts which were proactively barred, before any reports from users.

India's government has told a court that Elon Musk's X is a "habitual non-compliant platform" and for years has not followed many orders to remove content, undermining the government's role, according to a legal filing reviewed by Reuters.

Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Epic, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," filed a request asking the nation's highest court to lift a July 17 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US ...

The Bombay High Court asked on Friday to hear a bunch of petitions against the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake news. A division bench said before it goes into the effect the Rules would have on the fundamental rights of citizens, it needs to know the boundaries and limits of the words - fake, false, and misleading - ...

The European Union needs to speed up work on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager suggested. The European Commission put forward regulatory proposals in early 2021, but progress on the legislation has been slow. The EU's draft rules outlaw certain uses such as "generalised surveillance".

The Indian Newspaper Society on Wednesday said the provision in IT Rules, 2021 amendments allowing a fact-check body to label contents related to it "fake" or "misleading" is tantamount to "censorship" and violates of freedom of expression.

Reaffirming its commitment to protecting the safety and trust of digital citizens, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, related to online gaming and spread of false and misleading information regarding government business.

Apple lost a bid to register part of a federal trademark for "Apple Music" on Tuesday after a US appeals court ruled for a jazz musician who challenged the tech giant's application.

A US appeals court ruled on Monday, allowing Apple, Google, Cisco and others to challenge the US Patent and Trademark Office over a rule that reduced the number of patent-validity proceedings at a USPTO tribunal. Apple, Google, Cisco, Intel and Edwards Lifesciences sued the PTO in the California federal court in 2020 over the rule. They argued it u...

Social messaging platform WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned over 2.9 million accounts in the country in month of January to "combat abuse." "WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services," a spokesperson of the social messaging platform said. In order to keep "our users safe on our platform," W...

WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code).

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.

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...

The ruling Junta in Myanmar has been losing vital military locations and border towns to well-armed ethnic militias that have collaborated with resistance forces to launch massive new offensives in recent weeks, CNN reported.

In yet another blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, its MLA Harakali Protiher switched to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday.

The banned WhatsApp accounts in India include 3,506,905 accounts which were proactively barred, before any reports from users.

India's government has told a court that Elon Musk's X is a "habitual non-compliant platform" and for years has not followed many orders to remove content, undermining the government's role, according to a legal filing reviewed by Reuters.

Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Epic, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," filed a request asking the nation's highest court to lift a July 17 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US ...

The Bombay High Court asked on Friday to hear a bunch of petitions against the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake news. A division bench said before it goes into the effect the Rules would have on the fundamental rights of citizens, it needs to know the boundaries and limits of the words - fake, false, and misleading - ...

The European Union needs to speed up work on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager suggested. The European Commission put forward regulatory proposals in early 2021, but progress on the legislation has been slow. The EU's draft rules outlaw certain uses such as "generalised surveillance".

The Indian Newspaper Society on Wednesday said the provision in IT Rules, 2021 amendments allowing a fact-check body to label contents related to it "fake" or "misleading" is tantamount to "censorship" and violates of freedom of expression.

Reaffirming its commitment to protecting the safety and trust of digital citizens, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, related to online gaming and spread of false and misleading information regarding government business.

Apple lost a bid to register part of a federal trademark for "Apple Music" on Tuesday after a US appeals court ruled for a jazz musician who challenged the tech giant's application.

A US appeals court ruled on Monday, allowing Apple, Google, Cisco and others to challenge the US Patent and Trademark Office over a rule that reduced the number of patent-validity proceedings at a USPTO tribunal. Apple, Google, Cisco, Intel and Edwards Lifesciences sued the PTO in the California federal court in 2020 over the rule. They argued it u...

Social messaging platform WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned over 2.9 million accounts in the country in month of January to "combat abuse." "WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services," a spokesperson of the social messaging platform said. In order to keep "our users safe on our platform," W...