Koo app says it has complied with India’s new social media guidelines
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Aprameya Radhakrishna, co-founder and chief executive officer of Koo app, says user safety and convenience is of “utmost importance” and that his company cares deeply about it.
The Koo app has clocked close to six million downloads now and that makes it a major social media intermediary, the homegrown rival to Twitter says.
New Delhi: The Koo app has met the compliance requirements of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (Rules), ahead of the prescribed date of May 25, 2021, the homegrown rival to Twitter Inc. said on Saturday.
India Business News: NEW DELHI: Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has been in the thick of action, working on new rules on social and digital media as wel.
Supreme Court says new rules to regulate OTT platforms lack teeth
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Court protects Amazon Prime Video India Commercial head Aparna Purohit from arrest in ‘Tandav’ web series row
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Court protects Amazon Prime Video India Commercial head Aparna Purohit from arrest in ‘Tandav’ web series row
The Supreme Court on Friday said the government’s new rules to regulate OTT (over-the-top) platforms lacked teeth to punish violators or to screen offensive content even as it protected Amazon Prime Video India Commercial head Aparna Purohit from arrest in the ‘Tandav’ web series row.
Significant social media intermediaries will have to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer - with all three officials residing in India
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Supreme Court to stop use of WhatsApp groups to share video conference links for hearings
The Supreme Court will no longer use WhatsApp groups to share video conference links for court hearings, the apex court registry said on Saturday. In a circular, the registry said that instead of WhatsApp, the links for virtual court hearings in the apex court will be shared on registered email ids and registered mobile numbers of the concerned advocates-on-record and party-in-person.Â
The step was taken in the wake of the newly notified Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021).