Twitter, Facebook brief Parliamentary panel over safeguarding citizens rights ANI | Updated: Jan 22, 2021 00:15 IST
By Ashoke Raj
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): The representatives of social media companies - Twitter and Facebook - appeared before parliamentary standing committee for Information and Technology (IT) in connection with safeguarding citizens rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms here today.
The meeting was held to hear the views of the representatives of Facebook and Twitter on the subject safeguarding citizens rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space .
Parliamentary panel members flag concerns over WhatsApp s proposed new privacy policy
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NEW DELHI: Members of a parliamentary panel on Thursday flagged the issue of proposed changes in the privacy policy of WhatsApp and highlighted concerns of Indian citizens, sources said.
WhatsApp representatives who appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology said the proposed changes are aimed at bringing in more transparency and the chat and calls on platform still remain end-to-end encrypted, some of the members said.
Some other members who attended the meeting maintained that the company was evasive in its reply on the issue of how it can bring in changes which are not conducive for Indian users. They had no reply, said a member.
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Parliamentary panel members flag concerns over WhatsApp s proposed new privacy policy
Members of a parliamentary panel on Thursday flagged the issue of proposed changes in the privacy policy of WhatsApp and highlighted concerns of Indian citizens, sources said. WhatsApp representatives who appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology said the proposed changes are aimed at bringing in more transparency and the chat and calls on platform still remain end-to-end encrypted, some of the members said.
Some other members who attended the meeting maintained that the company was evasive in its reply on the issue of how it can bring in changes which are not conducive for Indian users. They had no reply, said a member.
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