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Poll management bodies adopt the Delhi Declaration as ECI meet ends
Election management bodies from a dozen countries, including India’s ECI and Russia’s Central Election Commission, on Friday adopted the Delhi Declaration
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 10:17 AM IST
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Indian publishers join ANI’s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in Delhi HC
Indian publishers seek to join ANI's lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming copyright infringement as ChatGPT used their works for training. Hearing on Jan 28.
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 05:16 AM IST
NCLAT permits WhatsApp to share metadata with Facebook, Instagram for ads
NCLAT chairperson Ashok Bhushan stayed the 5-year moratorium on data sharing but said that WhatsApp will have to pay the 50% of the penalty within two weeks
Published on Jan 23, 2025 12:55 PM IST
Consent, breach reporting discussed in data protection talks
The draft DPDP Rules, released for public consultation on January 3, are crucial for implementing the DPDP Act, which was notified in August 2023 but remains to be enforced
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 08:14 AM IST
15 firms make 70% donations to largest electoral trust
Of the ₹1,075.68 crore that PET disbursed to six parties, the BJP received the lion’s share at ₹723.785 crore, or 67.3%.
Updated on Jan 20, 2025 05:32 AM IST
All AI, synthetic content should be labelled: ECI to parties
The advisory follows controversies surrounding the use of AI-generated content in the Delhi elections
Updated on Jan 17, 2025 05:28 AM IST
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