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Government orders blocking of 67 porn sites
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has ordered blocking of 67 pornographic websites, according to sources. In an e-mail sent by the Department of Telecom (DoT) to internet service…
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Over 600 govt social media accounts hacked since 2017, govt tells LS
New Delhi: Over 600 social media accounts of the central government were hacked in the last five years, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Responding to…
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Indian cybersecurity industry hits $9.8 bn in revenue: Nasscom
New Delhi: The cybersecurity services and product industry reached $9.85 billion in combined revenue in India this year, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40 per cent in the…
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AI can help overcome language, literacy barrier in India: Experts
New Delhi: As digital transformation enters top gear amid the pandemic, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a solution to overcome language, literacy barrier in India, experts said here on Wednesday. Speaking…
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MEITY’s finance division acknowledges purchase of Pegasus licences
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s finance division acknowledged that there could be a budgetary allocation of Pegasus licences, the spyware that targeted at least 300 phones from India…
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Delhi Police interrogates Twitter India MD over ‘toolkit row’: Sources
New Delhi: A senior-level team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell interrogated Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari at Bengaluru over the ‘Congress toolkit case’ matter on May 31, the sources said on…
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Twitter appoints interim chief compliance officer ahead of House meet
New Delhi: With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology asking Twitter to appear before it on June 18 and present its views on the prevention of misuse of its platform,…
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Govt issues ‘one last notice’ to Twitter to comply with IT rules
New Delhi: The government on Saturday 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…
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Respond ‘ASAP’ on compliance status to new norms: Govt to social media platforms
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has written to the social media platforms, directing them to respond on their compliance to the new digital rules as soon as possible,…
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Homegrown micro-blogging app Koo raises $30M
Mumbai: Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Wednesday said it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by Tiger Global. Koo has garnered nearly 60 lakh downloads in just a year…
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Explain why Twitter accounts were withheld: Activist to centre
New Delhi: Activist Saket Gokhale on Wednesday wrote to the centre questioning them for suspension of multiple Twitter accounts. He took to his Twitter and expressed his anger over the government’s interference…
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Google Cloud targets India’s public sector for growth
New Delhi: Google Cloud has achieved a full Cloud Service Provider (CSP) empanelment after completing an audit from the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), a top company official said on…
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IT Ministry replies to Twitter, via homegrown app Koo
New Delhi: The war between Twitter and the Indian government intensified on Wednesday after the IT Ministry went to the homegrown Twitter-like platform called “Koo” to reply to Jack Dorsey-led platform, saying…
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Centre set to permanently ban 59 Chinese apps
New Delhi: The Union Government has decided permanently ban 59 Chinese mobile applications including TikTok. The development comes several months after the government had first banned Chinese apps temporarily in last June. The…
