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PTI
Facebook Bans Taliban Accounts and Content Supporting It: Report
17 Aug 2021
'This means we remove accounts maintained by or on behalf of the Taliban and prohibit praise, support, and representation of them,' a Facebook spokesperson told the BBC.
Sibin Mohan
Pegasus Spyware: A Simple Primer on How it Works on Your Phone
20 Jul 2021
Let us start with fundamentals: ALL software has flaws (referred to as “bugs”).
PTI
Privacy Policy on Hold till Data Protection Bill Becomes Law: WhatsApp Tells Delhi HC
09 Jul 2021
In response to Salve's submission, the court observed that even though the implementation had been put on hold, the policy still continued to exist.
PTI
COVID-19: Five Suffer from Rectal Bleeding after CMV Infection at Ganga Ram Hospital, One Dead
30 Jun 2021
Until now, the infection affected only immunocompromised patients but this was the 'first time in India' that cases of CMV-related rectal bleeding in COVID-19 immunocompetent patients have been…
Ajith Pillai
India’s Other Two-Front War: Infodemic Plus Pandemic
28 Jun 2021
As those in power spread half-truths, falsehoods and contradictorty advice, people are scratching their heads, wondering which Covid protocols to follow.
PTI
Delhi HC Refuses to Stay CCI Notice to Facebook, WhatsApp in Privacy Policy Matter
23 Jun 2021
The CCI had argued before the court that the new privacy policy of WhatsApp would lead to excessive data collection and "stalking" of consumers for targeted advertising to bring in more users and is…
Prabir Purkayastha
With his Bogus Claims, Ramdev is Pushing Patanjali Products and BJP’s Anti-Science Agenda
30 May 2021
Ramdev’s disinformation campaigns, especially against vaccines and medical science, are causing immense damage. People could die if they trust his mumbo jumbo on Covid-19.
PTI
WhatsApp Moves Delhi HC Against Centre on New Social Media Intermediary Rules
26 May 2021
'... requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally…
PTI
IT Rules: FB, Google Working on Complying with Social Media Rules, Twitter Mum
26 May 2021
Non-compliance with rules would result in these social media companies losing their intermediary status that provides them exemptions and specified immunity from liabilities for any third-party…
Newsclick Team
WhatsApp Exploiting Absence of Privacy Law in India
20 May 2021
The extension of the deadline for enforcing the new privacy guidelines for those who use WhatsApp for business purposes, has been facilitated by the absence of any law in India that protects the…