New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Internet is a wonderful place for connecting, learning and entertainment. During the pandemic, the Internet has been the primary channel to connect with the world outside the homes.
Ravi Shankar Prasad-led IT ministry had asked Twitter to block scores of accounts following the violence on January 26.
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday did not mince words as it questioned the timing of Twitter s blogpost published ahead of a scheduled meeting of their representatives.
Earlier in the day, the micro-blogging site had published a blog explaining why it had reinstated the accounts which were blocked on government s request following violence during the farmers tractor rally on January 26.
Following Twitter s blogpost, the ministry of information and technology (MeitY) took to Koo the made-in-India alternative to Twitter to question the timing of the US-based social media giant writing a blog on a subject which was to be discussed with the Information Technology (IT) secretary.
MeitY coochy-coos KOO - India s alternative to Twitter
Claimed to be microblog for Indians who prefer Indian vernacular languages, KOO was one of the winners of government s Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovate Challenge
Nidhi Singal | February 10, 2021 | Updated 18:30 IST
Hailed to be the Indian alternative to popular social network Twitter, home-grown KOO has gained traction over the last few days. While it took the app eight months to reach its first million subscribers, KOO has gained close to a couple of million subscribers in last few days, taking the overall subscriber base to over 3 million.
Amidst the recent row between the government of India and Twitter, several union ministers have not just created their accounts on KOO but have asked people to follow them as well. Following the farmer s protest, the government had issued notice to the US-based social firm to comply with the order to block accounts and remove content. The notice also warned that failure to comply with t
Published: January 26, 2021 2:14 PM IST
The Indian government could impose a permanent ban on 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, which were banned in India in June last year under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. According to a report in Mint, which quoted a person aware of the development, the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology (MeitY) has issued fresh notices to the apps to impose a permanent ban on them in India. Also Read - Pakistan court orders Telecom authority to block TikTok in the country
Following the ban in June, the Indian government had sought responses from the banned companies, relating to the privacy and security of user data. “The government is not satisfied with the response/explanation given by these companies. Hence, the ban for these 59 apps is permanent now,” the person aware of the development told Mint. Further, according to the report, the notice was i
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Guiding principles for NPD regulation: While even
the Old Report alluded to a separate legislation to govern NPD in
India, the New Report lists the following guiding principles on
which the regulation will be based: (i) India has rights over data
of India, its people and organisations; (ii) benefits of data must
accrue to India and its people; (iii) innovation, new models and
algorithms for the world. (iv) misuse, reidentification and harms
must be prevented; (v) regulations should be simple, digital and
unambiguous; (vi) data should be freely available for innovation
and entrepreneurship in India.
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Exclusion of business-to-business data sharing: