Emphasizing that social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp are bound by Indian constitution when it comes to their content moderation, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar spelt out the ramifications of the new IT rules today at a press briefing in the national capital. The newly introduced Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics […]
He tweeted early morning today, "To be super clear, we have not yet made any changes to Twitter’s content moderation policies·"
The British Parliament on Thursday, October 27 witnessed a historic commemoration of the 75th year of the signing of the Instrument of Accession by Maharaja Hari Singh, through which the erstwhile Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India.
In a major decision that comes a day after the social media giant acted tough on its anti-India executives, the government of India amended IT rules. The new rules make social media compliant with Indian law.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is credited with mooting some of the landmark concepts in multiple spheres of governance. On Friday, he once again came up with another such idea: ‘One Nation, One Police Uniform’. Addressing an online brainstorming session of state home ministers, PM Modi asked them to consider implementing a single uniform for police […]
Billionaire Elon Musk is planning to take over the role of chief executive officer (CEO) at Twitter, the third tech giant along with Tesla Inc and SpaceX in his kitty. After formally completing the USD 44 billion acquisition of the social media behemoth, Musk intends to replace Parag Agrawal whom he reportedly fired barely hours […]
After officially closing the deal to purchase Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk terminated the employment of top executives like chief executive officer (CEO) Parag Agrawal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde. Twitter chief financial officer Ned Segal was also fired immediately, reported Reuters quoting people familiar with the matter. As per the report, the […]
On Thursday, the President of Zimbabwe let his guard down as he celebrated the country’s thrilling one-run win over Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Perth with all gusto.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Mumbai on Friday on his official maiden trip to India to meet and discuss with External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar ways to further strengthen diplomatic ties. “Fantastic to be in India. Looking forward to deepening UK-India partnership as we work towards our 2030 Roadmap, building our trade […]
BJP’s National Information & Technology Department in-charge Amit Malviya has decided to file civil and criminal proceedings against the news website The Wire on Thursday over forged documents to malign his image.