News Indian government wants to know if WhatsApp outage was due to cyberattack: Report T Ministry has asked Meta to explain WhatsApp's two hour outage on October 25 Sarvesh MathiOctober 27, 2022
News Ashwini Vaishnaw on Draft Telecom Bill Regulating WhatsApp, Mandating KYC and Revealing Caller Identity India’s Minister of Communications stressed on the importance of having simpler telecom laws and protecting consumers under the new bill Akshit ChawlaSeptember 23, 2022
News Delhi HC Orders Telegram to Go Against its Privacy Policy and Disclose Source Messaging app Telegram has been directed by the Delhi High Court to reveal the source of messages infringing copyright, rejecting privacy as a protection Akshit ChawlaSeptember 2, 2022
News Indian government (once again) looking to regulate WhatsApp, Google Meet, and other internet calling apps DoT has sought the views of the TRAI to develop a framework for regulating internet calling and messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram Sarvesh MathiSeptember 1, 2022
News What does India’s competition watchdog think of WhatsApp, JioMart e-commerce partnership? WhatsApp users in India will be able to order groceries directly from the app thanks to Meta's partnership with Reliance's JioMart Sarvesh MathiAugust 30, 2022
News Delhi HC dismisses WhatsApp and Meta’s plea against CCI probe into privacy policy WhatsApp and its parent company Meta had argued in the Delhi HC that probing WhatsApp's privacy policy is outside the CCI's remit Vallari SanzgiriAugust 25, 2022
News TLDR: Google’s fact-check, WhatsApp privacy, Kids’ data on Instagram, Microsoft in ONDC, GST on online gambling, more We take you through a quick roundup covering all the major developments in tech policy, news, e-commerce, cyberceucrity, and privacy Arjun BanerjeeAugust 12, 2022
News Is WhatsApp abusing market power through its privacy policy? Here’s what the NCLAT ruled NCLAT upheld the Competition Commission of India's 2017 verdict clearing WhatsApp of abusing market dominance through its privacy policy Aarathi GanesanAugust 9, 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 Army officers have a right to privacy, argues this petition in the Supreme Court Two Army officers have challenged their suspension on grounds of their right to privacy, among others, as their devices were seized and searched Anushka JainAugust 1, 2022