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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicIT Rules 2021

Topic: IT Rules 2021

Labelling AI content alone won’t solve misinformation. India needs smarter regulation

The new IT rules place the onus back on such social media companies, forcing them to become arbiters of online speech.

What is row over end-to-end encryption & why WhatsApp is threatening to leave India over it

Experts suggest that there exist alternative methods to tackle digital crimes & law enforcement agencies should utilise metadata instead of weakening end-to-end encryption.

‘Censorship’ or ‘no impact on criticism of govt’ — Bombay HC’s split judgment on IT Rules amendment

Comedian Kunal Kamra, Editors Guild of India & others challenged 2023 amendment allowing Centre to set up fact-check unit to identify false online content 'related to business of govt'.

Why BIS guidelines on fake online reviews is difficult to implement

Fake reviews should be weeded out from digital platforms and BIS guidelines can help with it. But in order to be implementable it needs wider consultation with tech companies.

On Camera

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.