Tag: It Ministry

MoS for IT and Electronics, Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Centre aims to make Big Tech pay for using content from news publishers

According to Minister of State for IT and Electronics, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the government is mulling revision in IT laws to effect this change.

  • Saturday, 16 July 2022
India says Big Tech must obey law of the land as Twitter goes to court
India says Big Tech must obey law of the land as Twitter goes to court

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a tweet that all foreign intermediaries and platforms have a right to approach the court and judicial review in India.

  • Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Twitter moves court against Indian govt's content blocking orders
Twitter moves court against Indian govt's content blocking orders

According to sources, Twitter has alleged that several blocking orders that were issued to Twitter only "cite" the grounds of Section 69A but fail to demonstrate how the content falls within those grounds or how the said content is violative of Section 69A.

  • Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Twitter
IT Ministry warns Twitter to comply with new IT rules or face action

The government told Twitter to act on the content take-down notices sent under Section 69 A of the IT Act along with non-compliance notices issued for not taking the content down.

  • Wednesday, 29 June 2022
US jobs
Indians don't steal jobs in US, they create: Minister

Mumbai: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said the government had voiced its concern regarding the H1-B visa issue to the US and added that Indians do not steal but create jobs. “We have conveyed our concern at the highest level (US administration) and I hope the American administration should know Indian companies don’t steal […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Twitter
IT Ministry Blasts Twitter, Says It Failed To Comply With New Guidelines

A day after micro-blogging platform Twitter said that it has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that the US-based company has failed to comply to the new intermediary guidelines.

  • Wednesday, 16 June 2021
coronavirus
Govt Asks Social Media Platforms To Remove Content Mentioning ''Indian Variant'' Of Coronavirus

The government has asked social media companies to immediately remove any content on their platform which mentions or refers to the term 'Indian variant' of coronavirus, in a bid to curb spread of misinformation around COVID-19.

  • Saturday, 22 May 2021
T-Hub
T-Hub Partners IT Ministry To Mentor Hardware Startups In India

New Delhi: Hyderabad-based global start-up catalyst T-Hub on Friday announced a partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to lead Digital India’s Scale Up programme for hardware and Internet of Things (IoT) startups across India. As many as 10-15 startups with leading-edge solutions in mobility, energy, agriculture, aerospace, manufacturing, consumer, healthtech, medtech, […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
Twitter Takes Down 90-95% Of Accounts Listed By Indian Govt
Twitter Takes Down 90-95% Of Accounts Listed By Indian Govt

New Delhi: In what could finally end the fortnight-long deadlock between Twitter and the Indian government, the micro-blogging platform has either withheld or suspended at least 90-95 per cent accounts as directed by the IT Ministry in two separate notices, government sources confirmed to IANS on Friday. Among those whose accounts have been withheld include […]

  • Monday, 05 April 2021
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