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But Twitter cited what it said was the coordinated and targeted harassment of people linked to the Baha'i faith, a religious minority that has long faced persecution in Iran. (Photo: AFP)

Twitter suspends accounts of Iranian state media outlets

Amid tensions post Iran's seizure of British-flagged tanker, outlets speculated that suspensions were related to their coverage of seizure.

21 Jul 2019 1:10 PM

The builders sell the apartments to families without assuring them of water availability, he said. (Representational Image)

B’luru water crisis: K’taka govt to ban construction of apartments for 5 yrs

Deputy CM said, 'Govt mulls a five-year ban on construction of multi-storeyed residential buildings in view of acute water crisis in state.'

28 Jun 2019 3:41 PM

The ban has forced companies, including Alphabet Inc’s Google and British chip designer ARM to limit or cease their relationships with the Chinese company. (Photo: AP)

Huawei states that US ban to wipe out astonishing USD 30 billion off revenue

Ren’s downbeat assessment that the ban will hit revenue by USD 30 billion comes as a surprise after weeks of defiant comments.

18 Jun 2019 7:34 AM

Pakistan on Thursday extended its airspace ban along its eastern border with India for the third time till June 28, according to a notice issued by the country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). (Representational Image)

Pak extends airspace ban along its eastern border with India till June 28

As a result of ban, foreign carriers using Indian airspace have been forced to take costly detours because they cannot fly over Pakistan.

14 Jun 2019 9:47 AM

In an effort to curb pollution of oceans, the Canadian government on Monday announced that it will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021. (Representational Image)

'We owe it to our planet,' says Canadian PM; to ban single-use plastics by 2021

Canada's decision comes following the establishment of an Ocean Plastics Charter announced by Trudeau at the G7 conference last year.

11 Jun 2019 9:56 AM

Washington alleges Huawei’s equipment can be used by Beijing for spying, something the company has repeatedly denied.

5G to cost USD 62 billion more if Chinese vendors banned

The United States added Huawei Technologies to a trade blacklist in May.

08 Jun 2019 1:02 PM

The government will bring a bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq again in Parliament, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. (Photo: File)

Bill to ban triple talaq to be brought again: Ravi Shankar Prasad

With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious bill on banning triple talaq had lapsed as it could not be passed by Parliament.

03 Jun 2019 3:34 PM

South Korea’s Samsung has gained the most from Huawei’s loss, with 13 per cent more clicks on its products in the UK.

Huawei handsets draw fewer clicks after US ban

The United States blocked Huawei from buying US goods saying the firm was involved in activities contrary to national security.

25 May 2019 12:46 PM

This license also allows operations to continue for existing Huawei mobile phone users and rural broadband networks for the stated period.

Huawei gets momentary relief from ban

The US Department of Commerce announced that it is issuing Huawei a 90-day exemption.

22 May 2019 11:24 AM

The Trump administration on Thursday officially added China’s Huawei to a trade blacklist, immediately enacting restrictions that will make it extremely difficult for the telecom giant to do business with US companies.

Huawei ban could affect Japanese firms: FM

Bid to block Huawei from buying vital American tech could affect Japanese cos, weigh on economic growth.

17 May 2019 9:27 AM

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites have long been blocked in China.

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia blocked in China

Since 2015, Wikipedia’s Chinese-language site was blocked by China’s “Great Firewall.”

16 May 2019 3:45 PM

Several other local governments require departments to disclose and seek approval for surveillance technology.

San Francisco bans police use of face recognition technology

San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to ban the use of facial recognition software by police and other city departments.

16 May 2019 12:41 PM

Huawei would be the largest business ever subjected to the controls, a law enforcement measure that requires it to obtain US government approval on purchases of American technology.

Huawei hit by US export controls, potential import ban

The Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning its equipment from US networks.

16 May 2019 12:21 PM

The company has previously blocked hashtags that are too obvious about misinformation, such as #vaccinescauseautism. It will now also ban hashtags that may seem unrelated but are used to spread wrong information about vaccinations, such as #vaccines1234. (Photo: ANI)

Instagram to block anti-vaccine hashtags

Instagram has confirmed to Engadget that it will block hashtags that surface false information regarding vaccinations.

11 May 2019 3:25 PM

Hinting at Pak spy agency ISI's involvement to falsely implicate citizens, Gul Bukhari, a columnist and sometime government critic who was briefly kidnapped by unidentified men last year, said the assault on social media was carefully organised and coordinated. (Representational Image)

To curb social media, Pakistan's ISI spy on its own citizens

In the past few moths, a slew of journalists, activists, and government opponents have faced threat of legal action for their online posts.

11 May 2019 12:54 PM

The social media company had in March removed 2,632 pages, groups, and accounts from Facebook and Instagram linked to Iran, Russia, Macedonia and Kosovo for similar reasons.

Facebook deletes more accounts linked to Russia

The company deleted 97 accounts from Russia that focused on Ukraine and another 21 that focused on Austria and others.

07 May 2019 9:23 AM

The ban worried the social media industry in India as it sees legal worries mounting if courts increasingly regulate content on their platforms.

Madras High Court moves to lift ban on Chinese video app TikTok

The ban was resulting in ‘financial losses’ of up to USD 500,000 a day for Bytedance, and had put more than 250 jobs at risk.

25 Apr 2019 10:34 AM

TikTok allows users to create and share short videos with special effects and is one of the world’s most popular apps.

China's Bytedance says India TikTok ban causing USD 5,00,000 daily loss, risks jobs

Banning has had adverse impact on the user base of this app, losing close to 1 million new users per day.

23 Apr 2019 3:55 PM

The apex court had earlier refused to stay the Madras High Court order that directed the Centre to ban the "Tiktok" app over concerns about access to pornographic content through it.

SC directs Madras HC to decide plea of TikTok app on Apr 24

If the Madras High Court fails to decide on the plea of TikTok app then its ban order will stand vacated.

22 Apr 2019 2:33 PM

Supporters of the ban pointed to the death of a police officer in January after a distracted driver lost control and struck him on a Phoenix-area freeway.

Lawmakers ban on cell phone use while driving

The hand-held phone use ban bars drivers holding it unless the vehicle is stopped.

21 Apr 2019 11:19 AM

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