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Twitter writes to government, says appointed nodal contact person, residen
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Twitter has written to the government that it is making every effort to comply with new guidelines concerning social media companies and has appointed a nodal contractual person (NCP) and Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) on contractual basis and was in advan
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Govt serves final notice to Twitter over non-compliance of new IT rules
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Citing non-compliance of New Intermediary Guideline Rules by Twitter, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday sent a final communication to Twitter asking them to comply immediately with the requirements of the new
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Twitter maintaining double standards in India, says G Kishan Reddy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday accused Twitter of maintaining double standards in India and said that Twitter and other foreign companies should not teach the largest democratic country about fundamental rights and human rights.
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Most major social media intermediaries except Twitter complying with IT Ru
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Most of the major social media intermediaries have shared the details of their Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person and Grievance Officer with the Ministry of Electronics and IT, as required by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and
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'Stop beating around the bush and comply,' MeitY tells Twitter
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): After Twitter raised concerns about "potential threat to freedom of expression" over the new IT rules, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has asked the microblogging company to "stop beating around the bush" and "comply with the laws of the land".<
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Common Services Centres, PayPal partner to fight against Covid-19 in rural
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): The Common Services Centres (CSCs) of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has partnered with digital payments provider PayPal to offer Covid-relief facilities and drive awareness campaigns regarding prevention and care against the pa
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Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermed
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.
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Centre reiterates demand for withdrawal of WhatsApp's new privacy policy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has again directed messaging app WhatsApp to take back its new privacy policy and demanded a reply within seven days, official sources said on Wednesday.
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Govt refutes Wall Street Journal's 'fake, manufactured story' of India's c
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) on Thursday said that the Wall Street Journal had published 'fake news' of Indian clampdown on social media.
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Bureau of Indian Standards' new Reference Architecture for Smart Cities ad
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Open Group, the vendor-neutral technology consortium, today announced the adoption of the ArchiMate® Specification, a standard of The Open Group, in the publication of India's ICT Reference Architecture for Smart Cities (ICTRA),
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Centre welcomes criticism but action necessary against tweets spreading mi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The government welcomes criticism and genuine requests for help amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is necessary to take action against users who misuse social media to spread panic and misinformation, sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information
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KnowYourMeds selected among the top 5 winners in the Grand Challenge on St
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): KnowYourMeds, Inc., an innovative digital health assistant designed to make medical information and adherence accessible to anyone in the world, announced today that it has been selected to compete in the final phase in the Grand
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