Social media

30 Jun 2021

29 Jun 2021

“Your account is now available for use. Please be aware that any additional notices against your account may result in your account being locked again and potentially suspended. In order to avoid this, do not post additional material in violation of our Copyright Policy and immediately remove any material from your account for which you are not authorised to post,” the social media app warned India’s IT minister Shivshankar Prasad after unlocking the account

28 May 2021

26 May 2021

In public, however, the IT giants Facebook and Google have adopted a non-confrontationist posture, saying they are trying to comply with the rules

19 May 2021

08 Mar 2021

26 Feb 2021

The new set of guidelines and rules follow increasing instances of misuse of social media by criminals and anti-national elements that have brought new challenges for law enforcement agencies

15 Feb 2021

In response to IT ministry’s directive to take out 1,178 Twitter accounts that were being handled by 'Khalistani' and 'Pakistani’ entities for spreading misinformation using the farmers' protests, Twitter sought to engage IT ministry officials to push its own “rules’

21 Jan 2021

WhatsApp’s proposed new privacy policy allows it to collect and share highly invasive and granular metadata, such as time, frequency and duration of interactions, group names, payments and transaction data, online status, location indicators, as well as any messages shared by users with business accounts with other Facebook companies

12 Nov 2020