What Parliament Panel Is Considering To Make Social Media Platforms More Accountable

A parliamentary committee on Thursday recommended widening the scope of proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and non-personal data and sought greater accountability for social media platforms by treating them as publishers. The Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, tabled its report in both the Houses on Thursday. The key highlights of the report include widening the scope of the draft legislation to also cover non-personal data, tighter regulation for social media platforms and the establishment of a statutory media…

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SC panel declares public health emergency in Delhi-NCR, bans construction till Nov 5

A Supreme Court mandated panel on Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till November 5. As pollution level in the region entered the “severe plus” category, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority also banned the bursting of crackers during the winter season. The air quality in Delhi-NCR deteriorated further Thursday night and is now at the severe plus level, EPCA chairperson Bhure Lal said in a letter to the chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. “We have to take…

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Facebook, Google, Twitter Deliberately Fail to Tackle Terrorism: British Panel

In the first-ever widespread criticism of US technology giants and social media platforms, the British Home Affairs select committee has slammed the internet behemoths of becoming a “recruiting platform for terrorism” and “passing the buck”. Led by Keith Vaz, the British parliament’s longest-serving Indian-origin MP, the panel rapped Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube, saying the companies were deliberately failing to stop terrorists from using their platforms to promote their sinister agenda, The Telegraph reported on Thursday. “Huge corporations like Google, Facebook and Twitter, with their billion-dollar incomes, are consciously failing…

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government Panel Nod Paves the manner for Apple Retail shops in India

a central authority panel has encouraged exempting iPhone and iPad maker Apple from obligatory neighborhood sourcing norms, a move which could pave the manner for tech massive beginning unmarried-logo retail stores inside the united states. The company had given an in depth presentation to the committee headed by way of department state-of-the-art industrial coverage and promoting (DIPP) Secretary Ramesh Abhishek on April 19, on its products, generation, innovations and camera. “The committee has discovered that the organisation’s merchandise are cutting part era and 49a2d564f1275e1c4e633abc331547db. It has encouraged to exempt them…

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US Senate Panel Releases Draft of Controversial Encryption Bill

Two US senators on Wednesday issued a formal draft of a controversial bill that would give courts the power to order technology companies like Apple to help authorities break into encrypted devices or communications for law enforcement or intelligence purposes. The proposal arrives just days after an earlier draft leaked online and drew fire from security researchers and civil liberties advocates who warned it would undermine Internet security and expose personal data to hackers. Those same groups on Wednesday said the new draft is little different from the leaked version.…

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Huawei P9 Back Panel Image Leaked Ahead of Wednesday Launch

The Huawei P9 is the company’s long-rumoured flagship smartphone that has already been leaked in images, gone through benchmarking websites, and confirmed to have a Leica camera, is set to launch on Wednesday. However, the leaks keep coming in – giving us a better idea of what the smartphone will feature and look like when it finally launches. This time the smartphone’s leaked press image has hit the Web giving us another clear look at its dual-rear camera setup and fingerprint sensor. The alleged Huawei P9 press image shared by…

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