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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The lawsuit, coming in the wake of several run-ins with multinational tech and non-tech companies, indicates that the government is in way over its head.
On Wednesday, Facebook Inc.-owned WhatsApp sued the government of India in the Delhi high court, calling the imposition of new internet rules “unconstitutional”. The subject of adhering to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, has been simmering for a while, with a lot of back and forth and back-room negotiations going on between the government and technology companies like Google and Facebook. It seems the matter will now be decided by the courts.
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government, seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that …
The loan aggregator keeps sending updates on WhatsApp even to users who haven’t applied for a loan. The company is exploiting a grey area in India’s telecom regulatory framework and WhatsApp’s policies.
The homegrown social startup is betting big on India’s latest content obsession—minute-long episodes of high-stakes dramas. Cut through the noise and the microdrama hype itself doesn’t add up.
Countries across the world are coming to the consensus that children aged under 15 must not have access to social media. India, which has over 300 million children under 15 and among the cheapest data tariffs, needs to have this conversation sooner rather than later.
