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No platform’s ever lost safe harbour despite cases of delayed compliance with takedown notices—House panel

Panel also sharply rebuked MHA say its responses to several questions on fast-track courts, prosecution data & a unified cybercrime law were delayed, deflected or curtly dismissed.

Deluge of AI-generated Iran war videos from Pakistan prompts X to change its rules & warn creators

A number of users from Pakistan running accounts mimicking Iranian and Israeli accounts sharing AI generated videos were noted by X’s head of product development Nikita Bier.

Porn ban by X will go the same way that gutkas, alcohol and fire cracker bans have

A ban without enforcement is symbolism. A ban without social change is theatre. And slowly, citizens begin to treat every new prohibition not as law, but as background noise.

Bluesky was Pakistanis’ go-to social media after X. Not anymore

'Honestly, what was even the point? I didn't see any activism on BlueSky, just people sharing their artwork, so why even block it?' said a Pakistani.

Will pay legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on Twitter, says Elon Musk

Musk who recently rebranded Twitter as X, said there will be no limit for paying the bills and legal action will also be taken against companies found guilty of discrimination.

Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, challenges Karnataka HC ruling on content; cites censorship risk

In July 2022, Twitter sought to overturn govt orders to remove some content from its platform. However, a court in June 2023 quashed that request and imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh.

On Camera

I turned up at Asha Bhosle’s door as a fan. She invited me home

The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.