SC Seeks Govt Response on Biometric Voting Proposal
The Supreme Court (SC) issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Centre, and the states on April…
Govt to Use Sahyog portal for Intimate Image Hash Data
An RTI response from the Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that data sharing linked to the proposed hash banks…
NHRC Orders MeitY Probe Into Child Data Violations
Acting on a complaint filed by the Advanced Study Institute of Asia (ASIA), based on its research into children’s data…
Nishikant Dubey’s claim on X community notes is false
“…@XCorpIndia’s job is community note publishing, not that of an intermediary, so either social media platforms should shut down their…
MPA Issues Cease-and-Desist Over Instagram PG-13 Claim
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) issued a cease-and-desist order to Instagram’s parent company, Meta Platforms, accusing it of making “literally…
Report Says 64% Instagram Safety Tools For Teens Are Ineffective
Around 64% of Instagram’s safety features either fail completely or are largely ineffective, declares the new ‘Teen Accounts, Broken Promises’…
438 Scientists Urge Pause on Age-Based Online Controls
Building a global trust infrastructure for age verification is not feasible at internet scale in the short term, and enforcing…
GitHub Tool Bypasses Google SynthID Watermark.
A developer has published a free, open-source tool on GitHub that can partially bypass Google’s SynthID, the invisible watermark embedded…
Report Says 64% Instagram Safety Tools For Teens Are Ineffective
Around 64% of Instagram’s safety features either fail completely or are largely ineffective, declares the new ‘Teen Accounts, Broken Promises’…
Event- IT Rules and the Future of Online Speech in India, April 13.
MediaNama invites you to attend our hybrid discussion on ‘IT Rules and the Future of Online Speech in India’ on…