SC issues notices to Centre, Google, Amazon and FB on plea seeking data protection on UPI platforms

CPI MP Binoy Viswam urged the court to direct Reserve Bank of India to frame necessary regulations for the same.

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· Oct 15, 2020 · 03:57 pm

Paytm alleges Google ‘arm-twisted’ the company to withdraw UPI cashback scheme

The company said Google Pay itself ran a similar promotion scheme.

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· Sep 21, 2020 · 05:23 pm

US judge blocks order asking Apple, Google to remove Chinese-owned WeChat from app stores

The users of the app, who filed the lawsuit, had argued that the ban would curb free speech.

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· Sep 21, 2020 · 02:11 pm

US delays TikTok ban by a week after proposed agreement with Oracle, Walmart

President Donald Trump said the ‘fantastic’ deal ‘has my blessings’.

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· Sep 20, 2020 · 09:34 am

Paytm app back on Google Play store, hours after being removed for policy violation

The brand is one of the major players in India’s digital payments markets.

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· Sep 18, 2020 · 03:23 pm

Twitter account of PM Modi’s personal website hacked, company says taking steps to secure it

A series of tweets solicited bitcoin transfer to Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

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· Sep 03, 2020 · 07:33 am

Donald Trump says US will ban Chinese social media app TikTok

American authorities have raised concerns that the platform may be used by Chinese intelligence to the detriment of the United States.

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· Aug 01, 2020 · 10:02 am

Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, other prominent figures hacked in bitcoin scam

Twitter said it was aware of ‘a security incident’ and ‘taking steps to fix it’, but provided no more information.

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· Jul 16, 2020 · 08:11 am

Indian Army asks personnel to delete 89 apps including Facebook, Instagram: Reports

Some of these already feature in the Centre’s list of 59 banned apps.

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· Jul 09, 2020 · 11:20 am

No data or security breach in Aarogya Setu app, says Centre after hacker raises concern

Ethical hacker Elliot Alderson has warned the ‘privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake’ due to the mobile application launched by Narendra Modi’s government.

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· May 06, 2020 · 11:23 am

Private WhatsApp groups visible on Google search, making it easy for anyone to join them: Reports

The website ‘Vice’ found that it was possible to join such groups and access the contact numbers of their members.

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· Feb 22, 2020 · 05:17 pm

Twitter rolls out ‘hide replies’ feature globally in an effort to make platform less toxic

The company said the feature was a new way to ‘shut out noise’.

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· Nov 22, 2019 · 02:43 pm