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X challenges new section in IT Act being used to block content

March 20, 2025 8:31 pm

Seeks protection for employees for not joining MHA’s Sahyog portal

Behind Govt rollback of advisory on seeking nod for AI services: Industry pushback

March 10, 2025 9:15 am

Objective lost, has triggered concerns, fears: Nasscom wrote to IT Ministry.

Remove hoax bomb threats, report users behind them: IT Ministry to social media companies

October 26, 2024 10:42 pm

In an advisory issued to social media companies on Friday, the ministry noted, “social media intermediaries must make reasonable efforts to disallow such malicious acts including hoax bomb threats from being disseminated on their platforms”.

MeitY in touch with Microsoft over outage, says IT Minister; Cert-In issues advisory

July 19, 2024 4:20 pm

“MEITY is in touch with Microsoft and its associates regarding the global outage. The reason for this outage has been identified and updates have been released to resolve the issue,” Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a post on X.

India will regulate AI, but not at the cost of innovation: Govt official

May 17, 2024 4:48 pm

The Centre is expected to take a middle path for AI regulation, as it has taken in some of its recent technology laws such as data protection

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PIB’s fact-checking unit makes a comeback: Lack of time trumps credibility concerns

March 21, 2024 5:43 am

In April, when it notified the final rules, it dropped the mention of the PIB. But, on Wednesday, in a notification, it said it would be the PIB’s fact check unit that would be conferred with those powers.

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IT Ministry to meet social media companies over deepfakes, may share SoP on Nov 23-24

November 22, 2023 12:32 am

Earlier this month, the IT Ministry had also sent advisories to social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, to take down deepfakes.

Companies to get sufficient time to apply for licence to import laptops: IT Ministry sources

August 04, 2023 6:48 pm

The move will come as a part breather to companies.

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Data protection Bill may lower age of consent, ease related norms

July 10, 2023 1:16 pm

The central government can issue such exemptions to entities through a notification, and the Women and Child Development Ministry, along with the IT Ministry, is expected to assess a platform’s privacy standards for children for granting them exceptions.

Silicon Valley Bank crisis: IT Ministry likely to seek domestic loans for start-ups, transfer of accounts

March 15, 2023 7:14 am

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is also expected to recommend exploring the option of start-ups being allowed to transfer money from their SVB accounts to Indian banks without facing any taxation issues.