Govt Defends Real Money Gaming Ban, Cites Cross-Border Risks
MediaNama’s Take: The Centre’s affidavit approaches online money gaming from the standpoint of broad precaution, treating the sector as one…
EU Parliament Seeks Stricter Age Rules for Social Media
Children under 16 should not be allowed access to social media without parental or guardian-level authorisation, the European Parliament notes…
PayU India Nears Breakeven as H1 Revenue Hits $397M
Prosus-owned PayU India’s revenue increased 20% to $397 million in the first six months of the financial year 2025–26 (H1…
OpenAI Denies Blame in Teen Suicide, Cites Safety Tools
Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide OpenAI has formally denied all allegations in a lawsuit filed by the family of 16-year-old…
Paytm Gets RBI Licence to Onboard New Online Merchants
One 97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, announced on Wednesday that it has secured an online payment aggregator licence…
ED Seizes Rs 307 Crore in Assets from FairPlay Betting Case
On September 22, 2025, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced that it had taken action against FairPlay as part of an…
AI Music Makes Up 34% of Daily Uploads on Deezer, 50K AI Songs
We missed this earlier: Music streaming service Deezer revealed that roughly 50,000 fully AI-generated tracks are being uploaded every day…
IFF Flags Free Speech Risks in Expanding PCI Act to Creators
Inclusion of digital publishers, content creators, and social media influencers within the scope of the Press Council of India Act…
How will online experience change under the Data Protection Act?
Earlier this month, the IT Ministry notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP Rules, 2025) and, with them, operationalised…
Character.AI Restricts Under-18s From Using AI Chatbots
Character.AI has stopped users under 18 from accessing its chatbots and launched a new feature called Stories as a replacement,…