New IT Rules 2021 Archives

Amendments aim to enforce greater due diligence by online gaming, social media intermediaries in respect of online games & fake or false misleading information related to Government business

Laws

IT Ministry makes key amendments to online gaming rules; industry welcomes decision

PGurus Newsdesk - April 6, 2023 1

IT Ministry slated to direct SROs to decide if real-money games are permitted or not On Thursday the IT Ministry notified amendments to online gaming...

Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified some amendments aimed at protecting the rights of 'Digital Nagriks'

Social Media

WhatsApp bans over 36 lakh malicious accounts in December in compliance...

PGurus Newsdesk - February 1, 2023 1

WhatsApp releases compliance report under New IT Rules, banned over 36 lakh bad accounts in India On Wednesday Meta-owned WhatsApp said it banned over 36...

WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned over 23 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of October in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021

Social Media

WhatsApp India bans over 23 lakh ‘bad accounts’ in October

PGurus Newsdesk - November 30, 2022 0

In October, WhatsApp blocks 23 lakh accounts in compliance with new IT rules Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned over 23 lakh bad accounts...

Complaints Google received in India consisted of various categories including infringement of intellectual property rights, violation of local laws

Social Media

Google receives 37,282 complaints from Indian users in Aug; includes infringement...

PGurus Newsdesk - October 1, 2022 0

Google removed 551,659 pieces of bad content, as a result of user complaints in India Google received 37,282 complaints from Indian users in the month...

Micro blogging site said that it purged 40,982 accounts for child sexual exploitation, and non-consensual nudity and further banned 2,158 accounts for promoting terrorism

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Twitter bans 43,140 accounts in India for violating norms

PGurus Newsdesk - August 2, 2022 1

Twitter received 724 grievances in India through its local grievance mechanism The micro-blogging giant Twitter banned 43,140 accounts of Indian users in June over violation...