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Blocking of Hindutva Watch and the prevalence of social media censorship in India

As X takes down the account of Hindutva Watch, an organisation that documents hate crimes against marginalised groups — what are the transparency concerns regarding India’s censorship regime for digital platforms?

The Hindu

NIELIT to establish centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Venkateswara University campus

The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) has accorded administrative approval for setting up its centre in Tirupati and identified a building block for construction on the Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) campus on Wednesday.

The Hindu

Deepfake concerns: Government issues advisory to all social media platforms to comply with IT rules

Deepfake issue: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) issues advisory to intermediaries to comply with IT Rules to address deepfakes and misinformation powered by Artificial Intelligence.

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Understanding e-waste: Bengaluru’s challenges and solutions

The rapid expansion of the Information and Communication Technology sector has led to a significant increase in electronic waste (e-waste), making it one of the swiftly growing waste streams in the country, particularly Bengaluru. The exponential rise in the use of electronic equipment, coupled with the accelerated obsolescence and subsequent…

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Broadcast regulation 3.0, commissions and omissions

The Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill will have to incorporate omissions, review intrusive commissions and fine-tune potentially positive provisions

The Hindu

Govt to enable citizens to file FIR against social media firms for IT rule violation

Govt to assist citizens in filing FIRs against social media platforms for IT rule violation. Meity to develop platform for users to notify violations. Zero tolerance for violation of IT rules. Social media platforms given 7 days to align terms of use as per IT rules.

The Hindu

Silicon photonics research centre launched

IIT Madras has established a Centre of Excellence for Silicon Photonics, funded by MeitY, to develop advanced technologies like 5G, quantum computation, neural networks and AI. Targeting self-sufficiency and product commercialisation, the centre was commissioned by Secretary S. Krishnan. Director V. Kamakoti said it is the result of two decades…

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Cabinet approves India's digital tech pacts with France, Papua New Guinea, Trinidad and Tobago

The MoU is likely to enhance bilateral cooperation in digital technologies.

The Hindu

Centre’s Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing education platform to offer AI help

The National eGovernance Division under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is set to integrate Personalised Adaptive Learning into its existing Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform.

The Hindu

Fundamental thinking of India changed: Ashwini Vaishnaw

India's fundamental thinking has changed in last 10 yrs, leading to 1.1 lakh startups. Govt. has shifted from tech transfer to self-reliance. Vande Bharat Express is an example. Startups have raised $130B, current value $450B. Meity received 5000 applications for Global Digital Innovation Challenge, 30 chosen. #Startups #India #G20 #DigitalEconomy…

The Hindu

Learning from the CHIPS Act of the U.S.

The lesson from the CHIPS Act of the United States s that India’s strategy needs to identify and invest in research on future technologies

The Hindu

Artificial Intelligence not leading to job losses, says IT Ministry

Artificial Intelligence not leading to job losses, but increase the gross domestic product, says MeitY. Govt. initiated FutureSkills PRIME to upskill 10 emerging technologies. AI expected to add $957 billion to India's economy by 2035.

The Hindu

Manipur High Court seeks options to block VPN servers to safely restore Internet

The Manipur High Court is now pressing to find ways to restore broadband Internet across the State (with a block on social media websites) even as the Manipur government has said this is difficult because Virtual Private Network (VPN) services can still be used to access blocked sites.

The Hindu

How India’s attempt to block BBC documentary on Modi backfired

Govt efforts to ban the BBC documentary drew more attention to it and showed the inefficacy of such measures.

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India to ban Chinese-linked betting and loan lending apps

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has begun a process to ban and block 138 betting apps and 94 loan lending apps with Chinese links, India's ANI reported on Sunday, citing sources.

Newslaundry

10 key takeaways from IT ministry’s consultation with the online gaming industry

Industry associations in the online gaming sector can become self-regulatory bodies only after approval by the union ministry of electronics and information technology, and at least three such federations have expressed their wish to get that status, according to a public consultation held between the government and the industry earlier…

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‘Makes it easier to muzzle the free press’: Editors Guild on proposed change to IT Rules

The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern over a proposed amendment which will ensure that all intermediaries, including social media platforms, do not allow any content identified as “false” by the Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check Unit.

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SC seeks IT Ministry's response on plea against internet suspension during competitive exams

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Minstry of Electronic and Information Technology (MEITY) on a plea filed by the Software Freedom Law Centre seeking direction to the States to not suspend Internet services on the grounds of preventing cheating in competitive examinations and for other such routine…

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Nirmala Sitharaman initiates crackdown on illegal loan apps

The Union Finance Minister asks RBI to prepare a 'Whitelist' of legal loan apps

The Hindu

UGC to launch portal for online courses

The University Grants Commission, in collaboration with MeiTY, will launch a portal to offer undergraduate and postgraduate digital courses in eight languages for the benefit of rural students

Newslaundry

Indian government has ordered Twitter to block more and more content every year since 2014

Except for a slide in 2018, the number of Twitter URLs being blocked on the Narendra Modi government’s directions has seen a consistent rise since 2014, according to data shared by the union ministry of electronics and information technology in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The Hindu

Karnataka High Court notice to Centre on Twitter petition challenging content and account ‘blocking orders’

Twitter moved court after Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued a notice on June 27, 2022 informing that penal action would be initiated against the company for not complying with ‘blocking orders’

The Hindu

Parliament proceedings | Law enforcement agencies investigating case of alleged killing due to PUBG influence: MoS IT

The Minister of State for Electronics and IT also told the Rajya Sabha that gaming app PUBG was banned in 2020 and is not available in the country

The Hindu

Twitter moves Karnataka High Court over government’s content blocking orders

Disagreement between Twitter and the government over the latter’s disproportionate measures to remove/block content on the platform has intensified over the past year

Benzinga

India Gives Twitter Last Chance To Comply With New IT Rules Or Risk Losing Legal Protection

The Indian government has issued an ultimatum to Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) to comply with the country's Information Technology Rules after the social media platform's repeated failures to act on the content take-down notices sent under the IT Act.

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