4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (281+ words) Authorities in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, have imposed a new two-month ban on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). This is the latest in a series of similar orders across the Union Territory since May 2025, issued under a provision that legal…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (455+ words) “The Press Club of India strongly condemns the suspension of the Instagram accounts of three independent journalists following their ground reporting from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, on a public health crisis involving the deaths of children from the Adivasi community.” The…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (508+ words) Non-algorithmic chronological feeds: Under the proposed model, users who exercise the opt-out would see their feeds revert to chronological content only from friends, family, and groups/pages that they have chosen to follow. Why? The move is aimed at curbing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (739+ words) The Mumbai City Civil Court has restrained the defendants in a Rs 9 crore defamation suit from publishing or circulating defamatory material about actor and filmmaker Sayani Gupta. It has directed the removal of such material from Meta, Reddit and Deccan…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (463+ words) Meta said that it is renaming its “AI creator” label to “AI-generated profile” on Instagram and will limit the reach of AI-generated profiles that doesn’t carry the label. The social media giant hasn’t specified if Meta-owned Threads, Facebook will also…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (891+ words) You can access the government advisory from here Five days later, Reuters found at least 39 such ads still running. Meta removed them on August 31 — after Reuters asked about them. The company did not respond to Reuters’ questions about the removal…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (898+ words) That matters beyond the US. As MediaNama has reported, roughly $5.3 billion of Meta’s payment is conditional on YouTube and TikTok adopting similar safeguards. It could set an industry template before any government writes a comparable rule. India is one of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) Instagram chief Adam Mosseri defended Meta’s approach to teen safety in court on August 25, 2026. He faced questioning over safety features, internal research and public disclosures. Mosseri testified at a federal trial in Oakland, California. 29 US states are suing Meta in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (329+ words) On August 25, the Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a plea challenging the takedown of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party’s (YSRCP) social media handles. Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu asked the petitioners to approach the High Courts instead....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (755+ words) New Zealand’s Government has introduced a Bill that would prevent under-16s from holding accounts on certain online platforms. The Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill was introduced to Parliament on August 24, 2026. The Bill would require operators…...