News Summary: Transparency reports show social media user complaints continue to rise The latest reports by Instagram, WhatsApp, and Google show that the number of user grievances only rose by the end of the year. Vallari SanzgiriFebruary 21, 2023
News Quick Take: Solutions, problems and collateral damage Internet becomes collateral damage because regulators, lawmakers and ministers often don't understand how the Internet works (or don't care about it). Nikhil PahwaJanuary 23, 2023
News Summary: Understanding Transparency report trends for Twitter, Facebook, and others As per latest transparency reports, the complaints seem to have risen in varying numbers for WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Google Vallari SanzgiriJanuary 19, 2023
News India’s IT Rules: Intermediary level committees for grievance redressal being explored Reports say that an intermediary committee above the government-backed GAC is being explored to look into 'grievances' under IT Rules 2021 Akshit ChawlaSeptember 9, 2022
News In comments on IT Rules, NLUD’s CCG flags ‘Corporate Censorship’ and unequal ‘grievance redressal’ Submission says that under the IT Rules as they are, social media intermediaries will face complaince burden, risk censorship, and have legal unclarity Aarathi GanesanAugust 12, 2022
News Over 2 million accounts banned on WhatsApp in June, shows compliance report Popular messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Meta, banned 2 million accounts in India in June 2022, as per compliance report under IT Rules 2021 Anushka JainAugust 5, 2022
News Summary: Tech companies adopt self-regulatory code to tackle harmful online content in New Zealand Tech companies Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitch,and Twitter have adopted a self-regulatory code to tackle harmful online content in New Zealand Sarvesh MathiAugust 3, 2022
News How Will the Proposed Amendments to the IT Rules Affect Free Speech and Intermediaries? The MeitY's IT Rules can have a chilling effect on free speech online in India and risks the balkanization of the internet itself, say... Aarathi GanesanJune 22, 2022
News CERT-In wants cybersecurity incidents reported within 6 hours The agency has also expanded the types of cyber attacks that must be reported. Sarvesh MathiApril 29, 2022
News No plan to authenticate social media accounts using government IDs: MeitY clarifies in Lok Sabha The question of verifying social media accounts with government IDs first came up in 2019. MitakshMarch 31, 2022