The Central Government has given a notice to Wikipedia, popular worldwide as an online encyclopedia, regarding ‘biased and wrong’ content. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has asked Wikipedia why it should be considered an intermediary and not a publisher. A case was filed in the Delhi High Court in which Wikipedia has been accused…
Amazon, one of the big e-commerce companies, is offering discounts on many products in its Great Indian Festival Sale. These include laptops, smartphones, televisions and appliances. This sale started last month and will run till November 10. In this, Wi-Fi routers and hotspots of companies like Netgear and Mercusys can also be purchased at low…
Complaints against over-the-top (OTT) platforms have increased rapidly in the last few years. The central government is making a new broadcast policy to regulate the content of these platforms. Concern has increased over OTT not following self-regulatory guidelines. For this reason the government is preparing to regulate them. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting…
In the last few years, the trend of obtaining information through online search has increased. However, the results obtained from searching for any information on the Internet may sometimes be wrong. There have been many cases in which wrong information obtained from online searches has caused major losses. One Study It has been found that…
In the last few years, cases of spreading misinformation through social media have increased. There are also cases of making fake videos and making them viral using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The central government has made preparations to deal with this. In this context, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued an advisory to…
The problem of piracy has increased rapidly in the last few years. Piracy of movies has a big share in this. This is a big concern for the entertainment and media industry. This industry is facing huge loss of business due to piracy. The measures taken to deal with this problem seem to have failed….
The banks of the country have given some employee benefits in December through digital rupees. This has made it easier for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to meet its target of 10 lakh transactions per day by the end of last year. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or e-Rupee has been created through distributed…
The use of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) service has increased rapidly in the last few years in the country. It is expanding abroad also. In this series, UPI service will be launched in Sri Lanka and Mauritius on Monday. Along with this, RuPay card service will also be introduced in Mauritius. On the occasion of…
Cases of online scams have increased rapidly in the last few years. In a similar case in Madhya Pradesh, a college student has received a notice from the Income Tax and GST department for transactions worth more than Rs 46 crore from his bank account. In this case, there is a possibility of misuse of…
Star Health, one of the big health insurance companies, has said that it has become the target of a cyber attack last month. In this cyber attack, important data of the company has been stolen. Star Health has filed a criminal complaint regarding this. Along with this, Insurance and Cyber Security Regulatory Authorities have been…