Telco, tech firms push for federal oversight on Net shutdowns

Telco, tech firms push for federal oversight on Net shutdowns

An industry group for tech and telco giants in India has urged the Central or the federal Indian government to control Internet shutdowns in the country to help avoid uncertainties stemming from states giving these orders, according to sources and a letter seen by Reuters.

The govern...


Ireland fines Insta record $402 mn over kids’ data

Ireland fines Insta record $402 mn over kids’ data

Ireland's data privacy regulator has agreed to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling of children's data, a spokesperson for the watchdog said.

Instagram plans to appeal against the fine, a ...


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Google working on satcom support for Android

Spacecraft engineering companies SpaceX and T-Mobile recently announced a partnership that will enable smartphones to connect directly to satellites. According to ANI, this will be supported by upcoming Starlink V2 satellites but will work with existing phones because it will use an existing band in the PCS spectrum. Google SVP of Platform...


Twitter engineer fired for helping colleagues

Twitter testing ‘Edit Tweet’ feature

Micro-blogging platform Twitter finally said that it is testing the Edit button after much speculation. The site is testing the feature with select users and Twitter Blue users over the next few weeks. It hasn't, however, given a timeline for a launch. The idea is to start rolling out the ‘Edit’ to select users over the next few weeks t...


Meta takes action against 2.7 cr. posts on FB, Insta in India

Meta takes action against 2.7 cr. posts on FB, Insta in India

Social media major Meta had taken action against 2.7 crore posts on Facebook and Instagram in July, the company said in its monthly transparency report on Wednesday. The company took action against 2.5 crore posts on Facebook and 20 lakh posts on Instagram to comply with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics...