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IT rules: Twitter says it appointed interim Chief Compliance Officer

Continue to make every effort to comply with new guidelines; Keeping IT Ministry apprised of progress at every step, says Twitter spokesperson

Govt gives Twitter 'one last notice' to comply with digital rules: Reports

The government has asked Twitter to appoint India-based officers following new rules for social media companies.

Social media companies begin updating names of grievance officers in India

While Twitter appointed Dharmendra Chatur as interim resident grievance officer for India, in Bengaluru, WhatsApp named Paresh B Lal, based in Hyderabad

As WhatsApp hits India's great firewall, other companies may help build it

In the name of a responsible internet, several will be eager to abet the government in soft censorship.

IT Rules: Legal experts weigh in on reasonable curbs to Right to Privacy

Say the new rules do not pass the test of proportionality to justify breaching a user's privacy

'Twitter needs to comply with the law of the land,' says govt on IT rules

'Twitter's claims are an attempt to dictate its terms to the world's largest democracy,' says Centre

Indian govt exceeded powers with encryption-breaking rule: WhatsApp filing

A rule drafted by the IT ministry will lead to a 'dangerous invasion of privacy' and was 'unconstitutional', says company in lawsuit.

'No intention to violate right of privacy': Govt on WhatsApp's lawsuit

'No fundamental right, including the right to privacy, is absolute and it is subject to reasonable restrictions,' says MeitY

Aim to comply with IT rules, says Facebook as deadline ends today

The social media giant, however, said it continues to discuss a few of the issues which need more engagement with the government

WhatsApp responds to MeitY, says functionality won't be limited for users

Assures govt user privacy remains highest priority; recent update does not change privacy of personal messages

MeitY formulates policy paper on circular economy to deal with e-waste

Centre has formed 11 committees, each led by a ministry, to prepare action plans for transitioning from a linear to a circular economy in their respective focus areas

MeitY objects to Twitter tagging tweet content as 'manipulated media'

Many of the tweets tagged had reference to a toolkit allegedly created by Congress

India gives WhatsApp 7 days to roll back new privacy policy: Report

Many Indian users depend on WhatsApp for communicating; irresponsible for WhatsApp to leverage its position in the Indian market to impose unfair terms and conditions, says MeitY, according to sources

Securing digital networks: NSDT to scrutinise wide range of telecom gear

Global telecom gear makers say that the new rule will make it difficult for Chinese equipment players to enter the Indian market.

9,849 URLs, accounts, webpages blocked in 2020: Prasad

More than 9,800 URLs, accounts or webpages were blocked in 2020, Union minister Ravi Shankar said on Wednesday

Twitter seeks dialogue with I&T Ministry after order to block accounts

The microblogging platform also noted that safety of its employees is a "top priority"

India has potential to create Aatmanirbhar secured internet, says ITI forum

India now has the potential to create its own secured internet by setting up a root server locally for less than Rs 10 crore, according to state-run ITI and industry platform IPv6 Forum.

Twitter restores accounts it had withheld after govt's legal request

MeitY Uses recourse u/s 69A of the Act, sends legal request in the matter

MeitY to set up quantum computing applications lab in partnership with AWS

The effort aims to accelerate quantum computing-led research and development and enable new scientific discoveries

Param Siddhi bags 63rd rank among 500 powerful supercomputers in world: DST

Param Siddhi, the supercomputer established under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), has achieved 63rd rank in the list of 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Tuesday. It is a historic first. India has one of the largest supercomputer infrastructures in the world and that is evidenced by the ranking that Param Siddhi-AI has received, said DST secretary Ashutosh Sharma. I truly believe that Param Siddhi-AI will go a long way in empowering our national academic and R&D institutions as well as industries and start-ups spread over the country networked on the national supercomputer grid over the National Knowledge Network (NKN), Sharma added. The AI system will strengthen application development of packages in areas such as advanced materials, computational chemistry and astrophysics, and several packages being developed under the mission on platform for drug design and preventive health care system, flood ...