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Label campaign materials created or enhanced using AI: ECI tells pol parties
The Election Commission of India (ECI) asked political parties to issue disclaimers in campaign ads and promotional content when they use synthetic content online and offline
Published on Jan 16, 2025 01:39 PM IST
First in person consultation on draft DPDP Rules
New Delhi's first DPDP Rules 2025 consultation raised concerns on consent, data localisation, and children's data
Updated on Jan 15, 2025 06:32 AM IST
Google removes offline map app from Play Store after govt orders
The app was removed came after the Survey of India (SoI) sent a takedown notice for incorrectly depicting parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh as outside the territory of India
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:58 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Centre meets 13 firms for services under IndiaAI Mission
MeitY's technical panel met 13 companies for AI compute services under IndiaAI Mission, evaluating their capacity to support the initiative.
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:56 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
I4C cites hoax threat mails in VPN app takedowns
The takedown notice cited violations of section 66 of the Information Technology Act and multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 04:49 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Fact-checkers face a limbo after Meta’s policy shift
Contrary to Zuckerberg’s claims about censorship, fact-checkers emphasise they never had power to remove content.
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 07:16 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Govt panel seeks auto blocking for flawed India map
The aim of the workshop was to focus improving the functioning of the GACs and making grievance redressal faster, easier, and more efficient
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 12:40 AM IST
US hacker likely linked to ’24 BSNL data breach
Cameron John Wagenius, a communications specialist, was arrested on December 20 for attempting to sell hacked data from American telecom companies.
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 03:00 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Wrong Indian map on social media among concerns raised by govt’s appellate panel
Officials who adjudicate grievances on content moderation decisions asked if there was a way to block unofficial map of India from being displayed on internet.
Published on Jan 09, 2025 10:34 AM IST
IT Act: Delhi Police gets nod to issue ‘takedown orders’
HT had reported in February 2024 that the provision is rife with legal ambiguity about who can send valid takedown notices.
Published on Jan 09, 2025 09:31 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Government panel suggests AI incident database, invites comments till January 27
The report recommends that the governance group should bring together all authorities and institutions that deal with AI governance at the national level.
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 11:03 AM IST
Data localisation only for specific purposes: IT secretary
The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules focus on targeted data localisation, addressing children's online age verification challenges, data protection.
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 07:44 AM IST
Tech solutions can help verify kids’ age: Vaishnaw
Vaishnaw outlined how virtual tokens could verify identities
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 12:31 AM IST
‘Concerns on electoral rolls, EVMs baseless’
CEC Rajiv Kumar addressed recurring concerns over issues such as voter roll additions and deletions, voter turnout discrepancies, and EVM reliability
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 05:48 AM IST
Election Rules amendment meant to protect privacy, prevent voter profiling: CEC
The amendment, notified by the law ministry at the recommendation of the EC, restricted default public access to election papers that were earlier accessible.
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 05:39 AM IST
DGGI can now send takedown orders against online money gaming apps evading GST
For the purpose of GST, ‘online money gaming’ refers to any game where players deposit money with the expectation of winning.
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 10:25 AM IST
Push to protect children online faces basic challenges: Experts
Under Section 9 of the Act, data fiduciaries must obtain “verifiable consent” from parents or lawful guardians before processing data of anyone under 18
Updated on Jan 05, 2025 06:35 AM IST
Breach alert, parental nod in digital privacy rulebook
In 2017, a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously recognised the fundamental right to privacy as guaranteed under the Constitution
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 04:50 AM IST
16 months on, Centre issues draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules
The draft rules propose that provisions related to the selection and functioning of Data Protection Board come into force with immediate effect
Published on Jan 03, 2025 08:56 PM IST
Centre to give automatic ‘Right of Way’ permissions for BharatNet project
As on December 2, 2024, as many as 2,14,289 gram panchayats had been connected through the BharatNet project.
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 09:35 AM IST
Public entities to automatically grant nod to lay optical fibre
BharatNet Project permissions for laying optical fibre in rural areas will now be automatically granted, designated as a "special project" for public interest.
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 07:10 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, New Delhi
Power outage briefly affects govt websites
After power was restored at the data centre, the websites slowly started coming back online in phases.
Published on Dec 31, 2024 10:51 PM IST
Number of voters log a surge, but turnout slips: 2024 data
A comparison of 2024 numbers with earlier elections shows that turnout in 2024 was lower than in 2019.
Published on Dec 27, 2024 05:03 AM IST
Turnout dipped in 2024 Lok Sabha elections though overall voters increased: ECI
Of the 642,139,275 votes cast through EVMs, 51.29% votes (329,361,948) were cast by men, 48.7% (312,764,269) by women, and 0.002% (13,058) by the third gender.
Updated on Dec 26, 2024 04:18 PM IST
Israeli spyware maker NSO found liable in WhatsApp hacking lawsuit
A California court found NSO Group liable for hacking WhatsApp, violating laws and breaching contract, as WhatsApp seeks damages for spyware use.
Updated on Dec 22, 2024 02:21 AM IST
Poll rules tweaked to restrict default public access to docs
One of the officials cited above said that candidates and their agents will continue to get all statutory papers, as required under the law.
Updated on Dec 22, 2024 12:43 AM IST
Centre asked X to remove video of Amit Shah: Congress
HT compared the clip with the 1 hour 32 minute and two-second-long video of Shah’s speech available on the official Sansad TV’s YouTube channel.
Published on Dec 20, 2024 09:30 AM IST
Reported cybersecurity incidents in banking sector fell by 81% between 2021 and 2023: MoS
In July, while announcing the Union budget, the government increased the allocation for cybersecurity by 89.75% from ₹400 crore (RE-2023-24) to ₹759 crore (2024-25).
Published on Dec 19, 2024 01:35 PM IST
MeitY seeks tools to detect deepfakes, label AI generated content
Apart from the IndiaAI Mission, MeitY is also funding two research projects to detect AI-generated fake videos, audios, and images.
Published on Dec 17, 2024 10:08 AM IST
Former ECs call for more discussions on ONOE bills
At least two former election commissioners called for extensive electoral reforms, irrespective of the fate of the two bills in Parliament that could allow simultaneous polls from 2034
Published on Dec 15, 2024 01:41 PM IST