A US human rights report has said that India has several human rights issues, including unlawful and arbitrary killings; restrictions on freedom of expression and the press; restrictions on political participation; and widespread corruption at all levels in the government

The new rules, announced earlier this week, require 'significant social media intermediaries' to follow additional due diligence

IT industry body has urged the government to ensure that creativity and freedom of speech and expression are not curbed while implementing the new set of rules to govern intermediaries and digital media

Centre makes its stand clear that lawfully passed orders are binding on any business entity. IT secretary expresses his deep disappointment to Twitter leadership about how it has \"unwillingly, grudgingly and with great delay\" complied with substantial parts of order

Twitter says \"values that underpin the Open Internet and free expression\" are increasingly under threat around the world; lists action taken against flagged accounts after govt's non-compliance notice

A bench of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian dismissed the plea saying that there was no cause of action and the petitioners are not the affected parties

The plea says the Centre has failed to impose necessaryconditions in this case, while EU's Antitrust Authority imposed serious restrictions on the proposed policy of WhatsApp and a 110 million euros fine in 2017

India with a score of 51, four lower than last year's 55 has been rated as partly free. India's rating fall is the sharpest after Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan which were down five points each

The government should also consider setting up of a unit where platforms may voluntarily (sans any obligation) refer content issues for guidance and views. The platforms can therefore be saved from taking a view on their own accord in tricky situations

Lack of it seems counter-intuitive considering the fact the social media giant offers super-specific targeting to its advertisers to reach the right audience

The remarks in President Ram Nath Kovind's address on the eve of Republic Day came in the backdrop of protests against the new citizenship law although he made no reference to them

Independence Day: This is PM Modi's sixth straight Independence Day speech ever since the BJP-led NDA came to power in 2014.

Addressing the nation on the eve of India's 73rd Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind expressed confidence that the recent changes made in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh would be of immense benefit to those regions

Viral Acharya in October 2018 made a powerful speech lamenting that the government did not respect central bank's independence (with historic examples) and would sooner or later incur the wrath of financial markets, ignite economic fire and come to rue the day they undermined the regulatory institution