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Top 10 stories of the week: July 15th to 21st July 2019

In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 21st July 2019 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. Don’t access social media on official devices unless permitted: Home ministry's social media and internet policy for govt employees In a first, the Home Ministry has advised government officials to not access social media on official devices unless permitted in its social media and internet policy for government employees, reports the Economic Times. Read it here FTC approves $5 billion penalty on Facebook for privacy violations The US Federal Trades Commission (FTC) will impose a fine of $5 billion on Facebook for violating a decree governing privacy breaches, stemming from the Cambridge Analytics scandal, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read it here Walmart had told US govt that India's FDI in e-commerce rules were 'regressive': report Update: A Walmart spokesperson told MediaNama that the company regularly offers inputs to the US and Indian governments on policy issues related to the retail sector and that this is a “past issue”. Read it here Delhi HC restrains e-commerce platforms from selling products of 'Direct Selling Entities' The Delhi High Court has restrained e-commerce platforms Amazon, Flipkart, Healthkart and Snapdeal and several sellers from displaying, advertising and offering for sale the products of companies that are ‘direct selling entities’ without their consent, as Bar and Bench reports. Read it here DoT and ICRIER to develop Broadband Readiness Index, recommended by DoT in National Digital Communications…

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