2026-02-28
Now that the AI Summit is over we should brace for the impact of bad regulation in India: SIM binding, govt mandated fast censorship of social media, block of Supabase, and censorship of AI content are the beginning. Our clueless IT and Telecom ministries think there's only big
TechCrunch
Source: India issued a blocking order on February 24 to restrict access to developer database service Supabase; the government did not publicly cite a reason
2025-11-30
@SamarthKagdiyal What do you think about SIM binding for email? Email is a form of messaging too.
MediaNama
India's Department of Telecommunications directs WhatsApp and other messaging apps to implement SIM binding to ensure each account remains tied to an active SIM
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to make it impossible …
Yes. WhatsApp desktop.and signal desktop too afaik. With DoT now issuing regulations to internet companies because of those stupid MVN rules, it's going to get worse. They're clueless about how the internet works.
MediaNama
India's Department of Telecommunications directs WhatsApp and other messaging apps to implement SIM binding to ensure each account remains tied to an active SIM
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to make it impossible …
@Pivo_je_zivot1 @aseemmanchanda Won't help them do surveillance of messages even with SIM binding.
MediaNama
India's Department of Telecommunications directs WhatsApp and other messaging apps to implement SIM binding to ensure each account remains tied to an active SIM
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to make it impossible …
SIM binding for WhatsApp, telegram, and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://www.medianama.com/... cc @aseemmanchanda
MediaNama
India's Department of Telecommunications directs WhatsApp and other messaging apps to implement SIM binding to ensure each account remains tied to an active SIM
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to make it impossible …
2025-01-05
India released its draft Data Protection Rules yesterday, and my initial thoughts are that it appears to be disconnected from reality. I'm still reading and will add more, but first the positive change, then the rest. Btw, expect a complete overview of the Rules on @medianama
The Hindu
India releases the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, meant to enforce the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, for public comments
Draft of rules proposed … Debanish Achom / NDTV : Parents' Consent Must For Children's Social Media Accounts: Draft Data Rules Mathrubhumi English : Draft rules for digital privacy...
India released its draft Data Protection Rules yesterday, and my initial thoughts are that it appears to be disconnected from reality. I'm still reading and will add more, but first the positive change, then the rest. Btw, expect a complete overview of the Rules on @medianama
MEDIANAMA
A look at India's draft DPDP Rules, which require platforms to verify the age and identity of a parent when obtaining consent to process data of users under 18
The newly released draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 say that online platforms must check the age …
2025-01-04
India released its draft Data Protection Rules yesterday, and my initial thoughts are that it appears to be disconnected from reality. I'm still reading and will add more, but first the positive change, then the rest. Btw, expect a complete overview of the Rules on @medianama
The Hindu
India releases the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, aimed at enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, for public comments
The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, lay out the tentative terms of enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, which was passed in Parliament in 2023
2024-07-29
WazirX is actually exercising control over crypto assets that it holds for users. This means that it is not just acting as an interchange & a depositary, but actually reaching into user wallets and taking out crypto and giving it to others. It can't claim to be an exchange only.
TechCrunch
Indian crypto exchange WazirX announces a controversial plan to “socialize” the ~$230M loss from its recent security breach among all its customers
Basically steal from those not stolen from. No one signed up as insurance for other wazirx users. This is theft. Ofc, this is apart from the fact that wazirx basically doesn't seem to be taking on any of the loss of the theft from its platform. Correct me if I'm wrong.
TechCrunch
Indian crypto exchange WazirX announces a controversial plan to “socialize” the ~$230M loss from its recent security breach among all its customers
2024-07-28
WazirX is actually exercising control over crypto assets that it holds for users. This means that it is not just acting as an interchange & a depositary, but actually reaching into user wallets and taking out crypto and giving it to others. It can't claim to be an exchange only.
TechCrunch
Indian crypto exchange WazirX announces a controversial plan to “socialize” the ~$230M loss from its recent security breach among all its customers
Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to “socialize” the $230 million loss …
Basically steal from those not stolen from. No one signed up as insurance for other wazirx users. This is theft. Ofc, this is apart from the fact that wazirx basically doesn't seem to be taking on any of the loss of the theft from its platform. Correct me if I'm wrong.
TechCrunch
Indian crypto exchange WazirX announces a controversial plan to “socialize” the ~$230M loss from its recent security breach among all its customers
Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to “socialize” the $230 million loss …
2024-03-04
IT Act don't give them the power to do this, so how is this advisory legal? Secondly, and I'm sure someone as knowledgeable abt tech as @Rajeev_GoI knows this, AI model outputs are a function of input data, training weights, tuning, prompts and context: so how can a bot 2/
The Economic Times
Indian watchdog MeitY issues an advisory asking developers to seek the government's “explicit permission” before testing or deploying AI models or AI algorithms
In its advisory sent late on Friday, the IT ministry has also said that such platforms will have to explicitly seek permission …
So Moneycontrol reports that AI platforms will have to seek government permission before launching any AI product in India. Seems that the @GoI_MeitY has sent an advisory to AI platforms. Meity should clarify the legal basis for this advisory, because the IT Rules and the 1/
The Economic Times
Indian watchdog MeitY issues an advisory asking developers to seek the government's “explicit permission” before testing or deploying AI models or AI algorithms
In its advisory sent late on Friday, the IT ministry has also said that such platforms will have to explicitly seek permission …
Person who posted the screenshot should be responsible for dissemination, not the bot or its creator. Fourth, IT Rules are under due diligence provisions in the IT Act. Most of these rules are illegal. Meity is acting this way because platforms did not take the govt to court 4/
The Economic Times
Indian watchdog MeitY issues an advisory asking developers to seek the government's “explicit permission” before testing or deploying AI models or AI algorithms
In its advisory sent late on Friday, the IT ministry has also said that such platforms will have to explicitly seek permission …
Be liable or even in any way responsible for the output? Outputs are also probabilistic and not deterministic. They can't be relied on for accuracy. Third, the conversation with a bot is between the bot and the user. Its not publishing or dissemination to the public. The 3/
The Economic Times
Indian watchdog MeitY issues an advisory asking developers to seek the government's “explicit permission” before testing or deploying AI models or AI algorithms
In its advisory sent late on Friday, the IT ministry has also said that such platforms will have to explicitly seek permission …
2023-12-21
Payments and fintech is always a lead indicator. You look at how payment aggregators were brought under a license, when they're just tech platforms. Then read the first and second paras of this: https://www.medianama.com/...
MediaNama
India's lower house of parliament passes the 2023 Telecommunication Bill, despite a lack of clarity on whether online services will fall under the bill's scope
Kamya Pandey / MediaNama :
So Economic Times has a story citing an unnamed govt official saying this (screenshot). A few things: 1. This is probably the minister but he doesn't want to be named. Even if it isn't, it's not official, so means nothing. https://telecom.economictimes.indiatime s.com/ ... + [image]
MediaNama
India's lower house of parliament passes the 2023 Telecommunication Bill, despite a lack of clarity on whether online services will fall under the bill's scope
Kamya Pandey / MediaNama :
UPDATE: The Telecom Bill is how, and it's a pro-telco, ANTI-INTERNET Bill. I'll explain how: 1. Covers all online services: Read these 3 definitions (message, telecom service, telecom), and because of how messaging is defined, apply it to email, cloud, SAAS, streaming etc 10/n [image]
MediaNama
India's lower house of parliament passes the 2023 Telecommunication Bill, despite a lack of clarity on whether online services will fall under the bill's scope
Kamya Pandey / MediaNama :
2. This statement means zilch against what the bill says which is that messaging definition includes everything. (Read this thread) Wording of the law > unnamed govt official comments 3. Find me a lawyer who will say that the bill doesn't cover online. This is just deflection
MediaNama
India's lower house of parliament passes the 2023 Telecommunication Bill, despite a lack of clarity on whether online services will fall under the bill's scope
Kamya Pandey / MediaNama :