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IT Ministry of India hits back at Twitter India in internal reports
Twitter had earlier filed lawsuit in Karnataka HC alleging government was sending takedown order unreasonably

Thomas BabychanJuly 16, 2022

The war of words between Twitter India and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India is not seeming to end any soon, as the mi...

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Twitter ‘complied under protest’ with MeitY’s blocking orders: Petition
Twitter argues that government did not test the content it wanted blocked in the context of the class of readers

Disha MitraJuly 9, 2022

Twitter 'compiled under protest' with MeitY's blocking orders: Petition.Source: The Times of India Social media platform Twitter claims that it has 'complie...

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ICICI Bank, set up in 1994, is the 6th largest bank in India

Digital assets of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank & NPCI notified as ‘critical information infrastructure’

Thomas BabychanJune 19, 2022

Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeiTY) in India by a notification dated June 16th 2022 declared the IT resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and NPCI as 'critical ...

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NCPCR questions MeitY over availability of banned apps after boy kills mother over PUBG
NCPCR Chief urged MeitY to provide reasons for the availability of banned apps in the public domain

Disha MitraJune 14, 2022

After boy kills mother over PUBG, NCPCR questions MeitY over availability of banned apps.Source: Latestly Hindi On Tuesday, June 14, the National Commission...

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Smartphone with Chinese applications is seen in front of a displayed Indian flag and a "Banned app" sign

Beijing expresses serious concerns about India’s cracks down on Chinese companies

BalrajFebruary 19, 2022

Beijing has expressed serious concerns in regard to the actions taken by India this week against Chinese companies, including the banning of apps. Image Cou...

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India bans 54 Chinese apps over security threat and privacy risks

BalrajFebruary 15, 2022

The Indian government has banned 54 additional Chinese-origin apps and games, with publishers and tech companies including Tencent, Alibaba, NetEase, and others...

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India working on policy to develop indigenous mobile operating system

BalrajJanuary 26, 2022

The government seeks to formulate a policy that will foster an ecosystem for the industry to build an indigenous operating system. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union M...

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Google India: November compliance report, removed 61,114 content pieces

BalrajJanuary 1, 2022

Google India took down 61,114 content pieces in November 2021, with 60,387 (~98.8 percent) of the removal actions dealing with copyright issues, the search engi...

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WhatsApp: October compliance report, banned over 2.07 million accounts

BalrajDecember 4, 2021

The Meta-owned instant messaging platform, WhatsApp in its most recent monthly compliance report said it banned around banned 20,69,000 accounts. The company st...

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Google India: September compliance report, removed 76,967 content pieces

BalrajNovember 3, 2021

Google received 29,842 grievances from users in September and removed 76,967 pieces of content as a result, according to the search engine giant's monthly trans...

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