‘Stop beating around the bush and comply,’ MeitY tells Twitter

After Twitter raised concerns about “potential threat to freedom of expression” over the new IT rules, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has asked the microblogging company to “stop beating around the bush” and “comply with the laws of the land”. In a statement on Thursday, MeitY asserted that India had a “glorious tradition […]

Remove content terming ‘Indian variant’: India tells social media intermediaries

India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called ‘Indian variant’ for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts. It is learnt from reliable sources that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MIETY) has written an advisory to social media intermediaries to take down such content with an […]

Twitter suspends over 500 accounts for breach of policy after centre’s ‘legal requests’

In response to the ”legal requests” from the Central government, Twitter on Wednesday informed that it has taken multiple enforcement actions — including permanent suspension of over 500 accounts for clear violations of Twitter’s rules. The social media giant in a statement said, “Separate to our enforcement under the Twitter Rules, over the course of […]

India bans 118 more mobile apps including PUBG, WeChat

Nearly two months after it banned 59 China-linked apps, the government on Wednesday decided to block 118 mobile apps including PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik, WeChat Work and WeChat in view of the information available that they are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity, defence and security of India and public […]