Parl panel discusses issues with tech firms in Mumbai
1 year, 2 months ago

Parl panel discusses issues with tech firms in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology on Monday met senior officials from all major social media platforms and discussed monopolistic practices, content and ad moderation, election misinformation, promotion algorithms and parental control, among others, people aware of the matter said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology meets representatives of all major social media platforms. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology is tasked with examining issues related to social media, safeguarding citizens online, and monopolistic practices by social and digital platforms, among other things. Google’s representatives, which included public policy head Sreenivasa Reddy, were also asked about the market dominance of Google Search, how search results are prioritised, and whether start-ups were treated fairly on its Play Store.

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Chandrababu says misuse of social media biggest challenge
1 month ago

Chandrababu says misuse of social media biggest challenge

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday emphasised the need for effective measures to control harassment of people over social media. Calling this the biggest challenge, he wanted a debate on how such misuse of social media could be controlled and who should be given the responsibility for controlling social media. Chandrababu Naidu stressed the need for proper …

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B
1 year, 7 months ago

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B

The Hindu  

Published : May 03, 2023 07:00 IST - 6 MINS READ In December 2004, the Delhi Police arrested Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, because someone in Kharagpur, West Bengal, tried to sell through the website video copies of two Delhi-based students having sex. Social media companies, a term left vague and expansive, need to take down content within 36 …

India remains open to self-regulation of social media content, says minister
2 years, 1 month ago

India remains open to self-regulation of social media content, says minister

The Hindu  

India continues to favour a self-regulatory body for social media content disputes, a federal minister told Reuters, despite a lack of consensus among Big Tech companies to form a joint appeals panel. The government on Friday said it would set up an appeals panel amid concerns users had no recourse if they objected to moderation decisions of firms such as …

Parliament panel on Information and Technology grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy
2 years, 3 months ago

Parliament panel on Information and Technology grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy

Firstpost  

The panel says replies were ’not satisfactory’. The officials from the company, however, refuted the whistle-blower’s allegations and denied there was any data security breach in India, the sources said to PTI New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology questioned top Twitter officials over a whistle-blower’s revelations on its India operations, and gave them a dressing-down as their …

Parliament panel grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy
2 years, 3 months ago

Parliament panel grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel questioned top Twitter officials over a whistle-blower's revelations on its India operations, and gave them a dressing-down as their replies on issues of data security and privacy were "not satisfactory", sources said. The panel questioned them about the reports on former head of Twitter Peiter Zatko's allegations the microblogging site knowingly allowed the Indian government …

Anti-competitive practices: Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon India execs to depose before Parliamentary panel
2 years, 4 months ago

Anti-competitive practices: Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon India execs to depose before Parliamentary panel

India TV News  

Top executives of the Indian arms of Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft will on Tuesday depose before a parliamentary panel looking into anti-competitive practices in the digital space, the committee's chairman Jayant Sinha said. "Representatives of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Netflix, from their Indian arms and a few others will appear before the parliamentary panel on the issue of …

India is considering a panel to rule on social media takedowns
2 years, 6 months ago

India is considering a panel to rule on social media takedowns

Al Jazeera  

Digital rights activists warn the move will increase direct gov’t control over social media platforms in India. Apar Gupta, executive director of the Internet Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights, tweeted that should the move go through, it will “increase” direct government control over social media platforms. Rather than curing defects highlighted by Courts, they increase direct …

Maharashtra Congress huddle to discuss social media strategy
2 years, 7 months ago

Maharashtra Congress huddle to discuss social media strategy

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: In an attempt to develop a social media narrative in favour of the party and a counter-strategy to trolls, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee will hold a two-day social media conclave in Nagpur over the weekend. Maharashtra Congress huddle to discuss social media strategy This will see training sessions being held for volunteers to sharpen the party’s outreach on …

India's Social Media Guidelines Won't Change With Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
2 years, 7 months ago

India's Social Media Guidelines Won't Change With Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

ABP News  

New Delhi: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday that the government's guidelines for social media platforms would not change despite billionaire Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter. "Despite Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, IT guidelines governing the social media platforms remain the same. READ | '@elonmusk Blocked You': Twitter Users Blocked By Him Call Out 'Free Speech Absolutist' Elon Musk …

Big Tech Is Bending to the Indian Government’s Will
3 years, 4 months ago

Big Tech Is Bending to the Indian Government’s Will

Wired  

As Indian democracy crumbles day upon day under the grasp of Narendra Modi, social media platforms have functioned in lieu of a free press. As Reporters Without Borders recently noted, journalists in India “risk dismissal if they criticize the government.” Since Modi took control in 2014, India’s ranking on the World Press Freedom Index has fallen every year, plateauing at …

Facebook, Google appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook, Google appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee

Op India  

Days after the Indian officials of the giant social media giant Twitter were questioned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on various issues, Facebook India and Google officials were summoned by the Committee on June 22, to address the issue of the misuse of social media platforms. After Twitter, Facebook and Google questioned on prevention of misuse of …

Women's Safety, Eavesdropping on Pvt Conversations: Details From IT Panel Meet With FB, Google
3 years, 5 months ago

Women's Safety, Eavesdropping on Pvt Conversations: Details From IT Panel Meet With FB, Google

News 18  

Representatives of Facebook and Google deposed before the parliamentary standing committee on information technology headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in Delhi today. Parliamentary committee sources told CNN-News18 that Facebook India was represented by Shivnath Thukral, Director, and Namrata Singh, Associate General Counsel. According to sources, the committee members, without mincing words, told Facebook and Google that there has to …

'Misplaced, exaggerated and disingenuous': India's response to UNHRC's criticism of new IT rules
3 years, 6 months ago

'Misplaced, exaggerated and disingenuous': India's response to UNHRC's criticism of new IT rules

Firstpost  

Stating that new IT rules are ‘designed to empower ordinary users of social media’, India on Sunday dismissed criticism by three UN special rapporteurs and said that the country’s democratic credentials are well recognised New Delhi: India has dismissed criticism of its new IT rules relating to social media by three UN special rapporteurs on rights issues, saying the country’s …

Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel to question Twitter over 'misuse' today
3 years, 6 months ago

Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel to question Twitter over 'misuse' today

India TV News  

A parliamentary panel headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will question top officials of the micro blogging site Twitter to know their views on prevention of misuse of the social media platform. The social media giants Twitter and Facebook has been summoned to depose before it on Friday on issues related to misuse of the platforms and protection of citizens’ …

Parliamentary panel summons Twitter over new IT rules on Friday
3 years, 6 months ago

Parliamentary panel summons Twitter over new IT rules on Friday

India TV News  

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has summoned Twitter representatives to appear before it on Friday, news agency ANI reported. Meanwhile, Twitter is learned to have written to the government that it is in the advanced stages of finalising the chief compliance officer as per the new IT rules and additional details will be submitted to the government within …

New IT Rules, 'Manipulated Media' Row in Focus, Parl Panel Summons Twitter Officials to Appear on Friday
3 years, 6 months ago

New IT Rules, 'Manipulated Media' Row in Focus, Parl Panel Summons Twitter Officials to Appear on Friday

News 18  

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has summoned representatives of Twitter to appear before it on June 18. The panel will discuss the IT regulation rules and some of the recent developments, including the manipulated media controversy, the Twitter’s India officials being questioned by Delhi Police and the intermediary guidelines and their compliance,” quoted Indian Express. Meanwhile, the micro-blogging …

Explaining the new intermediary rules for social media, the Twitter-Centre spat, and more | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
3 years, 6 months ago

Explaining the new intermediary rules for social media, the Twitter-Centre spat, and more | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

The Hindu  

There are two sets of headlines that have been dominating the news in recent days, both of which have the Central government sparring with global tech giants. The rules apply to various categories of online content providers such as social media platforms, OTT streaming services and online news providers. Some of its key points relate to the setting up of …

WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook vs Govt: India seeks details of compliance status of new IT rules 'ASAP'
3 years, 6 months ago

WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook vs Govt: India seeks details of compliance status of new IT rules 'ASAP'

Live Mint  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday asked the social media firms, including Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp, to share details of the compliance of the new IT guidelines as soon as possible. Issuing a notice to all "Significant Social Media Intermediaries", the government asked the companies to provide the scope of its services, details of Chief Compliance Officer, …

Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp vs Indian govt: New rules, case in Delhi HC and other key points you must know
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp vs Indian govt: New rules, case in Delhi HC and other key points you must know

India Today  

The fate of Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp hang by a single thread as the new intermediary guidelines come into effect starting today. The entire fiasco has raised a lot of questions about whether the Indian government will get rid of the social media apps if they don’t accept the new rules or not. The government had not only set the …

Rules and rulers: The Hindu Editorial on social media curbs
3 years, 6 months ago

Rules and rulers: The Hindu Editorial on social media curbs

The Hindu  

It does seem that most if not all global social media giants will miss complying with the new IT rules of intermediaries, which come into effect today. Among other things, they require the bigger social media platforms, which the rules referred to as significant social media intermediaries, to adhere to a vastly tighter set of rules within three months, which …

Twitter India offices visited by police after labeling of a tweet from Modi’s party
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter India offices visited by police after labeling of a tweet from Modi’s party

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — Twitter’s decision to label a tweet from a leading member of India’s governing party as “manipulated media” could make things even harder for the company in a key market. Police visited Twitter’s offices in the capital Delhi and nearby city of Gurugram late on Monday to order thesocial media giant to cooperate with an investigation …

New social media rules may raise compliance cost, make competition tough for smaller cos: Indian executives
3 years, 9 months ago

New social media rules may raise compliance cost, make competition tough for smaller cos: Indian executives

The Hindu  

The new social media intermediary rules could raise compliance costs for players, making it difficult for smaller companies to compete against bigger giants like Facebook, according to industry watchers. The new rules, announced last week, distinguish between 'social media intermediaries' and 'significant social media intermediaries' with 50 lakh registered users as the threshold for the categorisation. While many in the …

Grievance mechanism, speedy redressal: Govt lays down rules for social media, OTT platforms
3 years, 9 months ago

Grievance mechanism, speedy redressal: Govt lays down rules for social media, OTT platforms

India Today  

The government on Thursday released new rules to regulate social media, online streaming and digital content platforms, and warned that "double standards of social media will not be acceptable". Highlighting the misuse of social media in the country, Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government wants social media platforms operating in the country to introduce a mechanism for better verification …

BJP MP Surya explains why control over social media is needed?
3 years, 10 months ago

BJP MP Surya explains why control over social media is needed?

India TV News  

Amid the row over banning many social accounts for not following the government's guidelines after they were found instigating the peasants' movement, the Bharatiya Janata Party has raised the demand to control social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Following the latest episode, his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 3 last year made headlines, stating that …

Parliamentary Panel Urges Tourism Ministry to Promote Positive Image of J&Kashmir Through Social Media
3 years, 10 months ago

Parliamentary Panel Urges Tourism Ministry to Promote Positive Image of J&Kashmir Through Social Media

News 18  

A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders must try to remove "negative publicity" in the press of the region and use social media to "promote" a more positive image of it. The 280th report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture — "Action Taken by the Government …

Parliamentary panel to summon Facebook, Twitter over privacy and policy concerns
3 years, 11 months ago

Parliamentary panel to summon Facebook, Twitter over privacy and policy concerns

Op India  

The Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will summon social media giants Facebook and Twitter over data sharing of users, alleged political interference and the changes in their privacy policy. As per reports, the standing committee has decided to summon social media giants Facebook and Twitter t explain their conduct in the recent days, in …

Parliamentary panel asks Twitter for affidavit on geo-tagging glitch
4 years, 1 month ago

Parliamentary panel asks Twitter for affidavit on geo-tagging glitch

The Hindu  

The Joint Committee of Parliament on the Data Protection Bill sought an affidavit from Twitter Inc, the U.S.-based parent company of the social media platform, asking them to explain why it had shown Ladakh as a part of China, a senior member of the panel said on Wednesday. The decision to seek an affidavit from the parent company was taken …

Joint committee of Parliament summons social media giants Facebook, Twitter: sources
4 years, 2 months ago

Joint committee of Parliament summons social media giants Facebook, Twitter: sources

The Hindu  

Social media giants Facebook and Twitter have been issued summons by a joint committee of Parliament on the issue of protection of data and its privacy, sources said on October 22. Representatives of Facebook India have been asked to appear on October 23 before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, …

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Seeks New Guidelines for Social Media Platforms to 'Protect Free Speech'
4 years, 3 months ago

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Seeks New Guidelines for Social Media Platforms to 'Protect Free Speech'

News 18  

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that unconstitutional guidelines should be repealed and new ones to govern social media platforms be issued, thereby protecting the fundamental right to free speech of citizens and protecting “our democracy from foreign interference”. Amid a raging debate on how social media platforms are working in a biased manner and …

[Facebook's Interference With Electoral Democracy] IT Ministry Probing Alleged Bias Of Facebook India: Govt Tells Lok Sabha [Read Statement]
4 years, 3 months ago

[Facebook's Interference With Electoral Democracy] IT Ministry Probing Alleged Bias Of Facebook India: Govt Tells Lok Sabha [Read Statement]

Live Law  

The Central Government has informed that it is looking into alleged political partisanship of Facebook India's high-ranking employees that allegedly interfered with India's electoral democracy. "Minister for Electronics & Information Technology has written to CEO, Facebook about alleged bias of the platform and to ensure integrity and neutrality of the Facebook and the people working for Facebook," said Sanjay Dhotre, …

It’s time for India to regulate the internet’s social media platforms
4 years, 3 months ago

It’s time for India to regulate the internet’s social media platforms

Live Mint  

This has become a pattern now. Allegations fly fast and furious, not made easier by the often hard-to-fathom behaviour of social media platforms themselves, ranging from a top executive holding an objectionable poster of “Brahminical patriarchy” or hiring known political party baiters for positions of responsibility. Social media platforms describe themselves in many ways—as technological innovators or platforms—depending on which …

Parl Panel 'Discussion' with Facebook Representatives on 'Collusion' to Continue: Shashi Tharoor
4 years, 3 months ago

Parl Panel 'Discussion' with Facebook Representatives on 'Collusion' to Continue: Shashi Tharoor

News 18  

A Parliamentary panel looking into alleged misuse of social media platforms has decided to continue its "discussion" with representatives of global giant Facebook, after a meeting that lasted for almost three and half hours on Wednesday, its chairman and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said. Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan appeared before the panel amid a political slugfest with both BJP …

Tharoor-led Parliamentary Panel to Discuss Facebook Issue Tomorrow amid Raging Controversy
4 years, 3 months ago

Tharoor-led Parliamentary Panel to Discuss Facebook Issue Tomorrow amid Raging Controversy

News 18  

Amid a political slugfest over the Facebook issue, a parliamentary panel will meet on Wednesday to discuss alleged misuse of the social media platform. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has summoned representatives of Facebook and will hear their views "on the subject of safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of …

Parliamentary panel on Information Technology summons Facebook
4 years, 4 months ago

Parliamentary panel on Information Technology summons Facebook

The Hindu  

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on September 2 to discuss the issue of alleged misuse of social media platforms in the wake of claims that the U.S. firm did not apply hate speech rules to certain Bharatiya Janata Party politicians. Besides representatives of Facebook, the committee has also asked representatives of the Ministry of Electronics …

BJP leaders deny receiving preferential treatment by Facebook, says platform censors pro-India content
4 years, 4 months ago

BJP leaders deny receiving preferential treatment by Facebook, says platform censors pro-India content

Firstpost  

A report claimed Facebook opposed applying hate speech rules to individuals liked to BJP even though they were ‘flagged internally for promoting violence’ New Delhi: Members of BJP on Monday rejected allegations that Facebook had chosen to turn a blind eye to partisan hate speech on its platform to protect its growing business interests in India. As usage has spread …

Parliamentary panel to consider summoning Facebook over WSJ report on hate speech: Shashi Tharoor
4 years, 4 months ago

Parliamentary panel to consider summoning Facebook over WSJ report on hate speech: Shashi Tharoor

Firstpost  

Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the BJP and RSS control Facebook and Whatsapp in the country, and that they spread hatred through these platforms to influence the electorate Hours after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi shared a Wall Street Journal report that alleged that Facebook ignored hate speech rules on BJP-linked posts, party leader Shashi Tharoor said that …

India opposition seeks probe into Facebook’s ties with Modi’s BJP
4 years, 4 months ago

India opposition seeks probe into Facebook’s ties with Modi’s BJP

Al Jazeera  

Congress calls for parliamentary panel to investigate Facebook and WhatsApp employees’ relations with right-wing party. India’s main opposition Congress party has called for a parliamentary panel to investigate what it has described as favourable treatment by Facebook’s India team towards the country’s governing right-wing party. Citing a report published by the Wall Street Journal on Friday, the party said employees …

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