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‘Unlawful content regulation & arbitrary censorship,’ Musk’s X sues Indian govt over IT Act violations

The lawsuit alleged the government is using Section 79(3)(b) to create a parallel content-blocking mechanism, bypassing the structured legal process outlined in Section 69A of the Act.

‘Group or country involved’ Elon Musk says ‘massive cyberattack’ against X amid global outage

The outage peaked at 3 pm with 2,612 users reporting issues, followed by another spike between 6 pm and 7:30 pm, affecting 1,312 users.

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar pitches $2 bn investment to Elon Musk for X, from jail

Lodged in Delhi’s Mandoli jail, he adds that investing in X would make him a 'proud Indian'. He has previously written letters to Jacqueline Fernandes, Kejriwal & others.

Musk makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI, startup makes counter bid for Twitter

Musk’s bid could ratchet up longstanding tensions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the future of the startup at the heart of a boom in AI technology. The 2 are already in an ongoing lawsuit.

US SEC sues Musk for non-disclosure of X stakes, buying shares at ‘artificially low prices’

According to the SEC complaint, had Musk disclosed his ownership of shares in Twitter before his $44 billion deal, stock prices would have been significantly higher.

US judge rejects SEC bid to sanction Elon Musk after he fails to testify in Twitter takeover case

The SEC is investigating whether Musk violated securities laws in early 2022 by waiting at least 10 days too long to disclose he had begun accumulating Twitter stock.

Spain’s 4th-largest paper La Vanguardia joins The Guardian in leaving X, citing ‘toxic content’

The Barcelona-based newspaper, which has 1.7 mn followers on the platform, said X lacked an ‘effective and reasonable’ moderating process since Elon Musk bought it in 2022.

Over 1 lakh X users exit Musk’s microblogging platform after US presidential election

Several NYT & CNN journalists also announced their exit from X after polls. It is alleged that Musk, who has been named part of Trump 2.0, used the platform to help campaign for Trump.

Britain’s The Guardian quits X social media platform, citing racism and conspiracy theories

The left-leaning publication, which has 10.7 million followers on X, becomes the 1st large UK media company to retreat from the platform that Elon Musk purchased in 2022.

IAS officer comes under fire for post on temple loudspeakers in MP, Hindutva group threatens stir

While many have criticised IAS Shailbala Martin, an additional secretary in MP government, Congress and others have supported her for highlighting the issue of noise pollution.

On Camera

Why Modi’s supporters fear ‘proud Hindu’ MK Gandhi and venerate his murderer Godse

Every Gandhi Jayanti, we witness a contradiction in Hindutva position — PM Modi hails ‘beloved Bapu’ while his supporters attack and abuse him.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.