In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 10th May 2020 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. Paytm announces 1% MDR fee for payments received with wallet Paytm will now cut 1% from every transaction (GST included) for payments merchants accept into their Paytm Wallet. Previously, the company would cut around 2% from merchants who received more than Rs 20,000 per month, while those who received less would not have to pay anything at all. Read it here India's lockdown had the 'biggest impact internationally' on Amazon Even though India imposed lockdown only in the last week of March, the country had the “biggest impact internationally” on Amazon in Q1 2020, chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky said during an investors’ call. Read it here How Google and Apple's updated Contact Tracing terms compare with Aarogya Setu Google and Apple have updated their terms of service for their contact tracing API (Application Protocol Interface), which allows governments to develop contact tracing apps, to limit the scope of their data collection, following worldwide criticism of the surveillance threat that contact tracing can pose. Read it here The darknet – a wild west for fake coronavirus ‘cures’? The reality is more complicated (and regulated) The coronavirus pandemic has spawned reports of unregulated health products and fake cures being sold on the dark web. These include black market PPE, illicit medications such as the widely touted “miracle” drug chloroquine, and fake COVID-19 “cures”…
