Social Media

Parliamentary Committee to summon Facebook and WhatsApp for questioning

Committee also summoned Twitter’s CEO before February 25, to discuss citizen rights on social media

The committee is headed BJP MP, Anurag Singh

TikTok recently appointed Sandhya Sharma from Mastercard as its public policy director

India accounts for 39% of its 500 Mn global users

The company has put in place protective measures to remove unsuitable contents

The rules require the apps with more than 5 Mn users to set up a local office in India

The companies will also need to appoint an officer in India

Out of the top 10 apps in India, five were Chinese in 2018

ShareChat caters to 8 Mn users in 14 regional languages

The team seeks help from users in identifying nonadherence of guidelines

The 12-point “content guidelines” prohibit violent content and more

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued notices to 2000 startups in last 45 days

The US-based global retail giant Walmart increased its share in recently acquired Indian ecommerce subsidiary Flipkart to 81.3%

DIPP will put out a draft of ecommerce policy for the public discussion covering more than 15 issues relevant to the sector

RDGlocal has offices in Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou

The RDGlocal fund intends to close multiple deals within this fiscal year

The fund is aimed at building an ecosystem of content assets in India

Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba met Vijaya Gadde, Global Head of Legal, Policy, Trust and Safety Lead, Twitter

Gauba asks Twitter to ensure a round-the-clock mechanism for prompt disposal of requisitions of law enforcement agencies

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that fake news is a multi-variable problem and there won’t be one fix

Twitter is now looking to hire a country director to head its operations in India.

It earned a revenue of INR 43 Cr in FY18 compared to INR 50 Cr in FY17

Twitter is now looking to hire a country director to head its operations in India

The committee has submitted its report to home minister Rajnath Singh who looks into the role of fake news and internet platforms in the episodes

A final view on the committee’s report will be taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The committee recommends the appointment of the superintendent of police (SP) in each district as the nodal officer

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently addressed the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial meeting held in Salata, Argentina 

At the meeting, the minister focussed on mitigating the nefarious use of Internet

He also mentioned that data to improve business is required and should be anonymous, objective, and taken with consent

The notification will be issued under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act

The notification will allow government officials to decrypt messages to trace their origin

Social media platforms will be required to remove existing content within hours of them receiving a notice instead of the present 36 hours

COAI said blocking an entire app would be disproportionate and “harm the constitutional rights of users” at large

The telecom lobby said that any blocking must be targeted at the content or at the account level

It was also suggested that the government should block a user or malicious content instead of blocking an app or site