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The Supreme Court has decided to separate all cases related to public statements, Facebook/Twitter posts, biased reporting by media houses, and regulation of OTT platforms to curb hate speeches and religious hate-mongering.

Third parties are allowed to conduct identity verification of Digital Signature Certificate applicants, according to an IT Act amendment.

The ‘Bulli Bai’ app controversy, the latest in a series of such attempts over the last few months at shaming and objectifying outspoken Muslim women in the public sphere, has brought to the fore again the need for reform in the legal mechanism to deal with the harassment of women online in India through foreign-based platforms.

Two million Indian accounts banned by WhatsApp in October % WhatsApp has said that it banned over two million accounts in India in October in compliance

An independent and permanent tribunal, manned by retired or serving judges, alone can deliver on the disputes pertaining to the privacy of citizens and organizations, especially since the Supreme Court elevated the right to privacy to the ...

The government defending the legal validity of its new IT rules that mandate WhatsApp and Facebook to ‘trace’ the first originator of information on request told the Delhi High Court on Friday that the social media giant monetise user data and can’t claim privacy protection on their behalf.

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea by Facebook-owned WhatsApp against the validity of new Information Technology Rules forcing it to trace origin of messages sent on its service.  The mobile messaging application with about 53 crore users here claimed new rules would break the right to privacy and end-to-end encryption on its service. 

New Delhi, August 27 The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre to reply to pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging ap

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Centre to reply to pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging app to "trace" chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information.

The Delhi High Court asked the Centre to reply to pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging app to “trace” chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information.