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Twitter had marked several tweets by ruling BJP leaders on an alleged strategy document of Opposition to target the government over COVID as containing 'manipulated media', which prompted the police to visit its offices late on Monday. (PTI)

Google, FB, WhatsApp share details with IT Ministry; Twitter yet to follow

On Thursday, the row over Twitter's handling of certain messages had escalated into an all-out war of words

29 May 2021 9:51 AM

No details were released about the banned sites.

3,635 URLs blocked by Indian government in 2019, Parliament told

The number of websites blocked is up from 2,799 in 2018, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha

12 Mar 2020 4:31 PM

The IT Ministry has received more than 400 responses from companies, industry bodies and government departments on the draft personal data protection bill, and will take stock of suggestions before its proposed introduction in Parliament, according to a senior official. (Photo: Pixabay)

IT Ministry gets over 400 responses on draft personal data protection bill

Some suggestions were around the costs surrounding mandatory localisation or storage of data, that the bill proposes.

11 Oct 2018 4:31 PM

Mark Zuckerberg, in a press call, had said the company's engineering team, on September 25, found an attack affecting up to 50 million accounts on Facebook. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

India asks Facebook for update on hacking impact

Facebook officials have said they were analysing the issue and will revert in two days.

02 Oct 2018 11:43 AM

The IT ministry feels that technical solutions can be found to trace the originator of a message, without actually compromising end-to-end encryption. (Photo: Pixabay)

IT Ministry mulls third notice to WhatsApp; may insist on message traceability

WhatsApp has turned down the Indian government's demand to provide it with a solution to track origin of messages.

20 Sep 2018 5:52 PM

IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. (Photo: Twitter | @ANI)

India keen to be data analysis hub but will not tolerate data misuse: Prasad

Cambridge Analytica was accused of harvesting personal information of millions of Facebook users.

18 Sep 2018 2:30 PM

WhatsApp has drawn flak over its use in spreading fake news through its platform that have even incited incidents of mob-lynching in various parts of the country. (Representational Image)

User privacy a priority: WhatsApp rejects India's demand for message traceability

Emphasising people use platform for all kinds of 'sensitive conversations', WhatsApp said focus is on educating them about misinformation.

24 Aug 2018 11:30 AM

From 1st January 2016 to date, instructions have been issued by the Department of Telecommunications to ISPs for blocking of about 11,045 websites, URLs, webpages, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. (Photo: PTI)

Direction to block over 11,000 websites issued since Jan 2016: Sinha

Internet service providers implement blocking or filtering of websites.

08 Aug 2018 6:40 PM

The popular messaging app is under fire over abuse of its platform for circulation of fake news that have incited mob fury.

WhatsApp building a local team, including India head to check fake news

WhatsApp to bring more effective solutions to the table, to ensure greater "accountability and facilitate enforcement of the law.

06 Aug 2018 9:19 AM

IT Ministry is keen to see WhatsApp prioritise curbing of fake news on its platform, against the backdrop of lynching incidents claiming many lives, over its plans to launch payments service, as per a senior government official.

Prioritise fake news issue over payments service: IT Ministry to WhatsApp

India is the largest market for WhatsApp with the country accounting for over 200 million user base.

25 Jul 2018 5:58 PM

Amid a spate of lynchings purportedly triggered by messages on its platform, WhatsApp on Wednesday said it is "horrified" by the "terrible acts of violence", and outlined steps being taken by the company to curb abuse of the messaging platform.

Horrified by terrible acts of violence: WhatsApp to IT ministry

WhatsApp has said false news, misinformation and spread of hoaxes are issues that need to be dealt with collectively.

04 Jul 2018 1:54 PM

Railways, IT ministry ink pact to allow bookings via 2.9 lakh CSCs

CSCs can also be made a medium to grant mudra loans, says Railway Minister.

11 Jun 2018 1:45 PM

Law and IT Minster Ravi Shankar Prasad had previously warned social media giant Facebook of "stringent" action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft.

Cambridge Analytica seeks more time on govt data breach notice

IT has sought an additional time of one week to respond to government's notice.

02 Apr 2018 6:51 PM

The government has given smartphone companies time till September 12 to furnish full details of procedures adopted by them to ensure data security, a senior IT Ministry official said on Wednesday.(Representational Image)

IT Ministry gives phone cos time till Sep 12 to furnish data security info

IT Ministry wrote to various smartphone companies asking them to outline the framework they use to safeguard consumer data.

06 Sep 2017 8:55 PM

A dozen mobile handset companies, including HTC, Xiaomi and Lenovo, have replied to the government on data security procedures adopted by them. (Representational Image)

12 mobile phone companies inform govt about data security procedures

IT Ministry had written to mobile phone companies to outline procedures adopted by them to ensure security and privacy of users data.

29 Aug 2017 10:29 AM

The ministry has given time till August 28 to all companies to furnish their responses. (Photo: Representational image)

Govt directs 21 smartphone makers to share security info

The IT ministry has written to 21 smartphones makers and majority of these companies are Chinese device manufacturers

17 Aug 2017 11:21 AM

The first phase of National Cyber Coordination Centre, set up to detect cyber security threats, has been made operational now.

First phase of National Cyber Coordination Centre operational: IT minister

The government has also made operational botnet and malware cleaning centre that will detect malicious software and clean them.

09 Aug 2017 4:29 PM

Indian IT expected to hire 1.3-1.5 lakh people in FY18

Fears of layoffs in IT sector have led to employees forming India's first tech union.

22 Jun 2017 1:40 PM

IT layoffs: Infosys says reports overhyped; to hire 20K

Infosys COO UB Pravin Rao said technology-driven transformation presents new opportunities for IT companies.

03 Jun 2017 12:20 PM

IT Ministry contacts RBI, others against Wanna Cry

Wanna Cry ransomware has wrecked havoc across sectors like healthcare and telecoms in more than 100 countries.

15 May 2017 11:28 AM

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