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The government will not constitute its Fact Check Unit (FCU) to identify and tag fake news till July 28 as it is expected to make its arguments in the case related to the FCU on July 27 and 28 in the Bombay High Court, it was decided in the…

The government will not constitute its fact check unit to identify and tag fake news till July 14 as petitioners challenging the amended IT Rules have not completed their submissions before the Bombay High Court, it was decided in the…

The Bombay High Court has directed the Union Government to file its reply to a petition filed by the Association of Indian Magazines by June 20, which challenges the fact check amendments to the IT Rules, 2021, and has extended the…

Stakeholders participating in the first consultation of the Digital India Bill suggested that the government retain the safe harbour provision in the current Information Technology Act, 2000.The government is reconsidering the safe harbour…

The Twitter Files saga in the United States has reaffirmed India's policy of making social media platforms accountable for their role in political influencing, and how unfettered power of internet platforms might lead to "abuse of power…

India’s previous attempt at framing a law on personal-data protection had made 21 references to “privacy,” starting by acknowledging it as a fundamental right. Not only was that legislation unceremoniously dumped in August after five years…

The draft Digital Personal Data Protection bill has skipped "Right to Privacy" in the preamble and provides unrestrained powers to the government, advocacy group CUTS International has claimed. CUTS said that the draft weakens the…

The Centre has proposed free cross-border flow of data pertaining to Indian users within "trusted" jurisdictions in the latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, which was released for public consultation on Friday.…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has invited stakeholders including virtual private network (VPN) companies, tech policy groups, legal experts, and other cybersecurity experts for a consultation on Friday to…

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has published a 12-point fact-check of the government’s FAQs on Part II of the Information Technology Rules, 2021, which it released on Monday. The rules themselves were notified in February and came…