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The government will assist citizens in filing FIR against social media platforms for violation of IT rules in case they are aggrieved from objectionable content like deep fakes. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) will develop a platform on which users can notify about IT rule violation by social media platforms. India to establish government watchdog to combat deepfakes and misinformationMoS Electronics & Technology Rajeev…

The Government of India has launched a crackdown on an increasingly popular artificial intelligence (AI) technology known as deepfake videos, according to Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar. This development comes a day after Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a meeting with top social media companies and announced that the government will soon come up with new regulations to tackle the issues surrounding deepfake videos. Govt crackdown on deepfake…

CoWIN portal, India's Covid vaccination portal, has adequate safeguards for data privacy and has done regular vulnerability assessment, as per information provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. "The MoHFW has lodged a complaint and an F.I.R has been registered by a law enforcement agency and CERT-In has provided inputs to facilitate investigation," he said in response to a question…

Last Updated: July 12, 2023, 10:58 ISTFile photo of an Air India plane. (File Pic: PTI)Nepal national booked for abusing Air India crew and breaking lavatory door on Delhi-bound flight; incident adds to rising cases of unruly behavior onboard.In yet another distressing incident, a Nepal national has been booked by the Delhi Police for allegedly abusing Air India crew members, and damaging the lavatory door.This shocking incident occurred on a flight from Toronto to Delhi on Tuesday, leaving the airline staff deeply…

Another case similar to the recent biggest-ever cyber fraud case reported in Delhi where a woman doctor lost more than Rs 4.5 crore has been reported in Mumbai. A woman IT professional from the city was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.97 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who posed as narcotics department officials. The cybercriminals claimed that her Aadhaar number was linked to the bank accounts of criminals, police said. The incident came to light when the woman lodged an FIR with the police. In the Delhi cyber crime case too, the…

Tata cars are often associated with good build quality. There have been many incidents where Tata car owners have walked away from accidents unharmed and praised the quality of the vehicles. However, recently, in Gujarat, a Tata Punch micro SUV, which was just one month old, caught fire while being driven on a highway. The passengers and occupants managed to escape the car in time, but the vehicle was completely burned down. The owner has filed an FIR regarding the incident, and images and videos of the car on fire have…

Games 24x7 has filed a petition in the Madras High Court, challenging a notice issued by the crime branch of Chennai’s police over the suicide of a user of the company’s online gaming platform, RummyCircle.The crime branch is investigating into the suicide of one Manikandan, and has filed an FIR that claims he had killed himself after losing money playing RummyCircle.Games 24x7, in its petition seen by ET, said Manikandan, who had committed suicide on January 2 last year, had last played on RummyCircle on April 6, 2017.…

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against the users of three email IDs for using PMO.in as their domain name.The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) lodged a complaint in this respect on the basis of which the CBI filed the FIR under section 170 and 419 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)."The accused who created email IDs using the PMO.in as their domain name sent emails to different persons. It came into the notice of the Prime Minister's Office and they decided to take action against the culprits as the…

Social media is abuzz with the video of two men arriving in a Kia Carnival and putting flower pots from a roadside into their vehicles. The video became viral on the Internet and hours after the video became viral, Gurugram Police lodged an FIR into the theft. #G20 के सौंदर्यीकरण के "चिंदी चोर"गुरुग्राम में शंकर चौक पर #Kia कार सवार ने दिनदहाड़े पौधों के गमले उड़ाए ।।@gurgaonpolice @DC_Gurugram @cmohry @MunCorpGurugram @OfficialGMDA @TrafficGGM pic.twitter.com/aeJ2Sbejon — Raj Verma-Journalist🇮🇳 (@RajKVerma4) February…

It has been reported that the Bhojpuri social media influencer Sapna Gill has recently filed an application with a Mumbai police station requesting the registration of an FIR against Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw and his friends. According to reports, Sapna Gill wants to file an FIR against them as they allegedly outraged her modesty in the wake of the selfie incident involving the latter and international cricketer Prithvi Shaw. After being released from custody following her arrest on February 16, Sapna Gill…