The government on Tuesday held another round of meeting with social media platforms to assess their progress in addressing the deepfake issue, according to sources. The platforms were explicitly informed that the... Read more »
The Bombay High Court stated on Tuesday that information gathered from social media cannot be included in the pleadings of a public interest litigation (PIL). The remarks were made during the hearing... Read more »
The Madhya Pradesh police on Friday have registered a case against 17 persons for clicking polling photos during state assembly polls and sharing them on social media in Vidisha district. Voting in... Read more »
The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a show-cause notice to the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday for alleged disparaging remarks made against the prime minister on its social media handle. The... Read more »
The Allahabad High Court recently held that liking an “obscene” post on social media does not constitute an offense. However, sharing or reposting such content will incur penal consequences. The court has... Read more »
Justice Mahesh Sonak of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court stated on Saturday that social media or mass media have become weapons of mass distraction, but there are no concerted... Read more »
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report claiming that the circulation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on social media in India has... Read more »
The Delhi High Court recently asked the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) to develop a programme to teach teens that posting intimate content on social media/the internet without the consent of... Read more »
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government on YouTuber and journalist Manish Kashyap’s amended plea challenging the detention order under National Security Agency (NSA). The bench headed by... Read more »
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday ordered the Ludhiana Police to arrest former Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Balwinder Sekhon and an “alleged legal expert”, Pardeep Sharma for disrespecting High Court Judges. The Court... Read more »