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Twitter, Facebook users to get complaints panels in 3 months as Centre amends IT rules
India | October 28, 2022 23:36 ISTThe three-member Grievance Appellate Committee(s) will be set in three months, a gazette notification issued by MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) said.
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Supreme Court seeks IT Ministry's response on plea against internet suspension during exams
India | September 09, 2022 14:48 ISTThe bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit sought a response from the MEITY asking it to file an affidavit indicating whether there is any standard protocol with respect to the grievance raised by the petitioner.
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IT ministry to conduct quarterly audit of compliance by social media firms
India | August 04, 2022 13:11 ISTTo tighten the noose on social media platforms, the government has proposed to set up an appellate panel which will have power to overrule decisions taken by social media companies with respect to any grievance.
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Delhi: IT ministry scientist dies after jumping from 7th floor of Shastri Bhavan
India | May 23, 2022 23:21 ISTDeputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Amrutha Guguloth informed that the scientist's body was found in front of gate number two of Shastri Bhawan which houses several Union government ministries.
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Haqikat Kya Hai | Twitter blinks on India IT rules, appoints interim chief compliance office
Hakikat Kya Hai | June 17, 2021 21:28 ISTTwitter on Tuesday said it has appointed an interim chief compliance officer and the details of the official will be shared with the IT Ministry directly soon. The government had issued a notice to Twitter giving it one last chance to "immediately" comply with the new IT rules and warned that failure to adhere to the norms will lead to the platform losing exemption from liability under the IT Act.
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Twitter appoints interim Chief Compliance Officer for India, to share details with IT ministry soon
India | June 15, 2021 20:41 ISTTwitter on Tuesday said it has appointed an interim Chief Compliance Officer and the details of the official will be shared with the IT Ministry directly soon.
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Making efforts to comply with new IT rules: Twitter
India | June 08, 2021 10:45 ISTTwitter said that it is making every effort to comply with the new IT rules and that it has shared an overview of progress with the government.
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Govt may make user ID verification on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter mandatory. Here's why?
Business | January 16, 2020 22:34 ISTThe IT Ministry is learnt to have finalised the social media guidelines to check misinformation, malicious info and gender biased views and have sent to the Law ministry for vetting it where account holder verification could be made mandatory.
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IT Ministry partners with Google on 'Build for Digital India'
Business | August 31, 2019 16:42 ISTThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday entered into a partnership with Google with the aim of rolling out "Build for Digital India", a programme that will give engineering students a platform to develop market-ready, technology-based solutions that address key social problems.
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IT Ministry may back storage curbs for critical, sensitive data; not for all personal info
India | July 23, 2019 16:40 ISTThe IT Ministry is likely to propose that personal information which neither qualifies as 'critical' nor 'sensitive' should be allowed to be stored and processed anywhere, while data classified as 'critical' should be kept only in India under the draft Personal Data Protection Bill.
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HUA Ministry suspects its info 'compromised', asks officials to follow online security guidelines
India | July 09, 2019 16:43 ISTSuspecting its information being "compromised", the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has asked its officials to strictly follow the IT Ministry's online security advisory, which includes avoiding surfing of "inappropriate websites" and use of personal USBs in the office computer.
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IT Ministry warns against deadly 'momo challenge'; issues advisory listing precautions
India | August 30, 2018 22:04 IST"The momo challenge consists of a variety of self-harming dares which becomes increasingly risky as the game progresses and it finally ends with suicide challenge," IT Ministry's advisory said.
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‘Horrified' by acts of violence, testing new feature to check spread of ‘rumour’: WhatsApp tells govt
India | July 04, 2018 16:27 ISTIn a letter to MEITY, the WhatsAPP said that this is a challenge that requires government, civil society and technology companies to work together.
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IT ministry, Delhi Police probing Rahul Gandhi's social media account hack; Twitter denies security breach
Politics | December 01, 2016 18:53 ISTThe Ministry of Electronics and IT has started a probe into the hacking of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's official Twitter account.
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Pakistan blocks YouTube website on PM's orders
World | September 17, 2012 23:05 ISTIslamabad, Sep 17: Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today ordered the complete blocking of YouTube, following which the ministry of information technology has blocked the video sharing website. Prime Minister Ashraf directed the IT Ministry
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