Tag: It Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad
Twitter Blocks IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's Account

"Twitter's actions were in gross violation of Rule 4(8) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 where they failed to provide me any prior notice before denying me access to my own account,"

  • Friday, 25 June 2021
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Govt asks WhatsApp to explain breach, says Centre committed to protecting citizen privacy

New Delhi: With WhatsApp revealing that Indian scribes and human rights activists were among users targeted by an Israeli spyware, the government on Thursday asked the Facebook-owned messaging platform to explain the breach and list out measures that have been taken to safeguard the privacy of millions of Indians. IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Congress accuses govt of 'snooping', urges SC to hold Centre accountable

New Delhi: The Modi government has been “caught snooping” after WhatsApp said journalists and human rights activists in India have been targets of surveillance, the Congress alleged on Thursday and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the “illegal hacking” of cell phones. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the government asking WhatsApp about ‘Pegasus’ was like […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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