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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Early on it seemed like Twitter was fighting the good fight. Increasingly, though, its India strategy appears more harebrained than anything else.
Editor's note: Three separate incidents deserve your attention. One. Yesterday, the Delhi High Court hauled up Twitter for not complying with India’s new information and technology rules and failing to appoint a grievance redressal officer. Hearing a public interest litigation case filed by an individual named Amit Acharya, the court asked Twitter if it has complied with India’s IT Rules. Twitter said it hasn’t yet. That, in fact, it is in the process of complying with them. The bench was not pleased. It had been 41 days since the controversial intermediary guidelines under the IT Act came into play. The bench said that Twitter couldn’t take forever to comply. It has now given the company two days to respond on all aspects of compliance. “Let things be clear. Let everyone know what your stand is. Come to us with your answers day after tomorrow,” the bench said. The second incident: Some 2,000 km away from the action in the Delhi High Court, the Karnataka High Court, which was hearing another matter about Twitter, gave the Uttar Pradesh police a dressing down. The …
Early on it seemed like Twitter was fighting the good fight. Increasingly, though, its India strategy appears more harebrained than anything else.
Editor's note: Three separate incidents deserve your attention. One. Yesterday, the Delhi High Court hauled up Twitter for not complying with India’s new information and technology rules and failing to appoint a grievance redressal officer. Hearing a public interest litigation case filed by an individual named Amit Acharya, the court asked Twitter if it has complied with India’s IT Rules. Twitter said it hasn’t yet. That, in fact, it is in the process of complying with them. The bench was not pleased. It had been 41 days since the controversial intermediary guidelines under the IT Act came into play. The bench said that Twitter couldn’t take forever to comply. It has now given the company two days to respond on all aspects of compliance. “Let things be clear. Let everyone know what your stand is. Come to us with your answers day after tomorrow,” the bench said. The second incident: Some 2,000 km away from the action in the Delhi High Court, the Karnataka High Court, which was hearing another matter about Twitter, gave the Uttar Pradesh police a dressing down. The …
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The homegrown social startup is betting big on India’s latest content obsession—minute-long episodes of high-stakes dramas. Cut through the noise and the microdrama hype itself doesn’t add up.
After a year of big investments, growing capabilities and uneven adoption, how companies use artificial intelligence will be a key focus in 2026.
Countries across the world are coming to the consensus that children aged under 15 must not have access to social media. India, which has over 300 million children under 15 and among the cheapest data tariffs, needs to have this conversation sooner rather than later.
