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New Delhi: The IT Rules have been changed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to make it clear that only senior officials have the power to issue content take-down notices pursuant to section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act. The updated rule, which will be effective from November 15, is expected to make the content removal process at social media companies more accountable and transparent. So far the junior officers in Central and State governments, such ...Read More >
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on October 22 announced that from November 15, only a senior officer at the rank of joint secretary or above, or in case of law enforcement officials at the rank of deputy inspector general of police or above can send take down notices under Section 79 (3)(b) of the IT Act to social media platforms. This replaces the existing procedure of junior officials passing content take down orders. For example, till now, in State governments, police ...Read More >
A 72-year-old Mumbai businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 58 crore in a 'digital arrest' scam, one of the largest such cyber frauds reported involving an individual. Fraudsters posing as ED and CBI officials intimidated him and his wife via video calls, claiming he was involved in a money laundering case, and pressured him to transfer money to multiple bank accounts over two months. A 72-year-old businessman in Mumbai has allegedly been duped of a staggering Rs 58 crore in a 'digital arrest' s ...Read More >
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran took note of the submissions of lawyer Virag Gupta, appearing for the CASC, on Thursday and agreed to hear the PIL on October 17. The plea has sought a direction to union ministries of Electronics and Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting, Finance and Youth Affairs and Sports "to do a harmonious interpretation of provisions of Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 and laws made by State Legislat ...Read More >
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea challenging the high court's October 13 order and sought a response from the state of Telangana. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. In the meantime, the effect and operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed," the bench said. Senior advocate Siddharth Dave and advocate P Mohith Rao appeared for petitioners Pogadadabnda Revathi and Bandi Sandhya. Revathi is the Managing Director of Pulse News, and Sandhya i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Telangana High Court order that had upheld the police custody of two women journalists booked for allegedly circulating a video containing "derogatory" comments against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on social media. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea challenging the High Court's October 13 order and sought a response from the state of Telangana. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a significant effort to regulate India's rapidly growing online gaming sector, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified the Draft Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2025 (PROG Rules) under the recently passed Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025. The draft rules clearly delineate a legal framework for e-sports, social games, and for-profit gaming sites utilising stakes, wagers, and prizes in cash and kind. E-sports an ...Read More >
X has locked horns with New Delhi in the past, equating the government's mechanisms with censorship. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the new system tackles a proliferation of unlawful content and ensures accountability online. Social media platform X said on Monday it plans to appeal an Indian court order that would allow over two million police officers nationwide to issue arbitrary takedown requests via a secretive online portal called the Sahyog. "We will appeal this ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Social media platform X Monday said it was "deeply concerned" by a Karnataka high court order that, according to the company, empowers "millions of police officers" to issue arbitrary content takedown notices through a new portal called Sahyog.X has said it will appeal the Sept 24 order as part of its broader effort to defend free expression in India but did not indicate whether it would be filed before Karnataka high court or Supreme Court.The Elon Musk-owned firm said it respects an ...Read More >
New Delhi: Social media platform X will appeal against Karnataka High Court's verdict dismissing its petition challenging the authority of government officials to issue content takedown orders under the Information Technology Act. Elon Musk-owned X through its official handle said orders issued by police officers to arbitrarily take down content from its platform through a "secretive online portal called the Sahyog" is a violation of Indian citizens' constitutional rights to freedom of speech a ...Read More >
Sahyog Portal Controversy: Tech billionaire Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) on Monday expressed concern after Karnataka High Court dismissed its plea to challenge Sahyog Portal. The centralised platform is developed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), to issue orders to block offensive content from social media. While dismissing X plea, Karnataka High Court called 'Sahyog' an 'instrument of public good' and upheld its validity. Justice M Nagaprasanna-led HC bench, on Wednesday, September 26 ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The defamation suit filed by the IRS officer Sameer Wankhede against director Aryan Khan and Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and OTT platform Netflix, has been asked by the Delhi High Court to be tweaked. The Delhi High Court asked why Wankhede's defamation suit was filed in Delhi. The High Court also questioned the maintainability. The court asked Wankhede to amend his plea. The hearing will take place after the revision of the def ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Cyber Police Station of North District has arrested a 22-year-old woman from Old Delhi for creating fake Instagram accounts and using them to upload morphed and objectionable images of a fellow teacher, with the intent to impersonate and malign her reputation. According to the release, complaint was received from a 25-year-old teacher in a government-aided school in Delhi. She reported that unknown persons created fake Instagram accounts in her name, u ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Cyber Police Station of North District has arrested a 22-year-old woman from Old Delhi for creating fake Instagram accounts and using them to upload morphed and objectionable images of a fellow teacher, with the intent to impersonate and malign her reputation. According to the release, complaint was received from a 25-year-old teacher in a government-aided school in Delhi. She reported that unknown persons created fake Instagram accounts in her name, u ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has filed a formal police complaint against the Congress, accusing it of circulating an AI-generated deepfake video that allegedly maligns Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother, Heeraben Modi. In a complaint addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Parliamentary Street, Delhi BJP Election Cell Convenor Sanket Gupta sought immediate registration of an FIR, citing "gross violation of law, morality, and women's d ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave anticipatory bail to cartoonist Hemant Malviya who is accused of sharing allegedly objectionable cartoons of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS workers on social media. Noting that he has apologised on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria gave the police liberty to seek cancellation of his bail in case the cartoonist did not cooperate in the probe. During the hearing, Malviya's counsel ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 25 (PTI) Cyber police arrested two individuals for allegedly duping a 79-year-old doctor from Mumbai of Rs 25 lakh through a fraudulent share trading scheme, an official said on Monday. The accused, identified as Prashant Chaudhary and Richard Rao, were found to be in contact with cyber fraudsters and had opened multiple bank accounts used to facilitate the fraudulent transactions, he said, adding that the arrests were made by the cyber cell of the Western Region. The victim, a sen ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to regulate online real money gaming platforms, PTI reported on Tuesday. The bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. "The Cabinet has approved the bill to regulate online gaming platforms that involve real money. The government is trying to table the bill in Parliament on Wednesday," a source told PTI. The decision follows observations from the government that online money gaming provides a means to facilitate money laundering, f ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 19 (PTI) Former separatist leader Bilal Gani Lone has held the Hurriyat Conference responsible for its own irrelevance, calling the separatist conglomerate "non-functional", while also slamming Pakistan for creating a "mess" and "fissures" in Jammu and Kashmir. The comments of Lone mark a significant departure from traditional separatist rhetoric, acknowledging that both the Hurriyat and Pakistan had "faltered" on opportunities to bring progress to the region. The next generation ...Read More >
The Gujarat chief minister's office (CMO) and the state secretariat in Gandhinagar received a bomb threat email, which turned out to be a hoax after a thorough search of the premises, police said on Saturday. A state government official received an email on July 17, in which the sender threatened to blow up the CMO and secretariat complex in the state capital, Deputy Superintendent of Police Divyaprakash Gohil said. "The Gandhinagar police, along with the CM security wing, swung into action on ...Read More >
Mathura, Jul 19 (PTI) Six people died and two were injured when a mini-van collided with a truck on the Yamuna Expressway here, police said on Saturday. "The accident took place at milestone 140 at around 3 am. The Agra-bound mini-van rammed into a heavy vehicle, possibly due to the driver falling asleep at the wheel," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shlok Kumar said. "Six people died on the spot, while two have sustained serious injuries and were admitted to a hospital," he added. The ...Read More >
Bengaluru: There was an urgent need for regulation in the digital space, due to the constant surveillance by social media, rising cybercrime, and the evolving threat landscape, the Centre told the Karnataka High Court during a hearing on the X Corp (formerly Twitter) case over content takedown directives. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Union Government, argued that internet intermediaries like 'X' must act responsibly and cannot claim the same constitutional rights as individu ...Read More >
During a Karnataka High Court hearing, the Centre emphasized the urgent need for digital space regulation due to rising cybercrime and constant social media surveillance. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that platforms like 'X' cannot claim individual constitutional rights and must act responsibly. There was an urgent need for regulation in the digital space, due to the constant surveillance by social media, rising cybercrime, and the evolving threat landscape, the Centre told the Karnatak ...Read More >
BIS officials searching an e-commerce platform in Krishna district. Officials of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Vijayawada, conducted raids on e-commerce warehouses of Flipkart, Meesho and E-Kart at Mustabad in Krishna district and Amazon at Kandrika, and seized many non-certified products violating the provisions of Quality Control Orders (QOC). The enforcement drive was part of the ongoing nationwide initiate to curb the sale and distribution of non-certified and unsafe products. BIS ...Read More >
Sambhal (UP), Jul 15 (PTI) Four people, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly posting obscene videos to gain popularity on social media in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal on Tuesday. Police received information about some women allegedly posting obscene and abusive videos on Instagram in the Asmoli police station area, and an FIR was registered in this connection on Monday, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Krishan Kumar. Also Read | India Raises Pahalgam Terror Attack at SCO Meetin ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: A defiant Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday scaled the gates of the Naqshband Sahib graveyard to pay tributes to the 22 people killed by the Dogra army on July 13, 1931. The dramatic scene unfolded a day after Abdullah and several leaders of the National Conference and opposition parties were put under house arrest to prevent them from going to the graveyard to mark Martyrs' Day. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah took an autorickshaw from the Khanya ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the right to freedom of speech and expression was "being abused" while hearing the anticipatory bail plea of cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who has been booked over objectionable social media posts related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS workers."Why do you do all this?" a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar asked Malviya's counsel, Advocate Vrinda Grover, during the hearing.Grover submitted that the cartoon in question was cr ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 14: Archita Phukan (Amira Ishtara), an Instagram influencer who is believed to hail from Assam, recently made headlines after her photos with popular American porn star Kendra Lust went viral. Amira Ishtara, aka Babydoll Archi, has become the talk of the town, with many questioning if she is real or an AI-generated model. The question comes as multiple videos and photos appearing online showed Archita Phukan in objectionable positions with men. However, the latest development in the ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant step towards further strengthening India's cyber defence capabilities, CERT-In and Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Group have collaborated to launch Professional Development Programmes in Cybersecurity for professionals across government, public sector and industry. An 8-week programme in cybersecurity has been designed for working professionals from government, PSUs and industry, which will be delivered by BITS Pilani ...Read More >
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