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 The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) and Meta have announced that a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp - aimed at combating deepfakes and deceptive AI-generated content - will be available for the public in March 2024.The pledge to crack down on deepfakes comes at a time when the world's largest democracy is preparing for general elections. The Lok Sabha elections are due in April-May this year. "The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) and Meta are working on launching a dedicated fact-checking helpline…

Paytm faces a potential probe by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) after the central bank flagged concerns. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Nazara Tech, Nykaa Q3 numbers■ Influencers now promote AI■ Top appointments at Tata Digital ED probe into Paytm on horizon; CEO Sharma knocks on FM’s doors The Enforcement Directorate (ED) may formally investigate Paytm based on concerns raised by the RBI. This follows a meeting between CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma and finance minister Nirmala…

BharatPe received a fresh notice from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, seeking details from the digital payments company about its working and the proceedings it had initiated against cofounder Ashneer Grover, people in the know told ET.The ministry also asked questions over the findings in a status report filed by the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing, which had investigated allegations of financial irregularities at the company, they said.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

A total of 58 organisations and individuals representing different stakeholder communities from across the country including the Internet Society, India Internet Foundation and CUTS International have written to the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) Dr Manoj Govil (MCA) urging the MCA to hold an "open consultative public engagement process" while drafting the Digital Competition Bill and take into consideration the concerns around the impact of the bill on end consumers and small businesses which rely…

The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) will conduct an inspection of Byju's books in a bid to ascertain any potential corporate governance lapses, an official privy with the matter told ET.The company, however, said it had not received any communication from MCA about such an inspection. "A decision to this effect (on inspection) has been taken. The government treats corporate governance as a serious issue. So, if there is any such issue, it needs to be probed," the official said.A spokesperson for Byju's said: "Media…

Big tech giants Google, Meta, Twitter, Snap and Indian social media platforms Koo and ShareChat, and telecom major Jio have joined the Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA), a non-profit to form a self-regulatory organisation that will vet a network of fact-checkers to check nongovernment related news. Although Snap, Twitter and Jio haven't officially confirmed to MCA to join them while others like Google, Meta, ShareChat and Koo have, most have given in-principle approval. MCA president Bharat Gupta met Rajeev…

Payment aggregator CCAvenue has seen an 18% jump in new merchant sign-ups in the October-December period, while merchant addition tripled in six months for Pine Labs’ Plural. The increase in the share is pursuant to Razorpay, Cashfree Payments, PayU and Paytm pausing new sign-ups following an order from the Reserve Bank of India which has also rejected payment aggregator licence applications of some of these players.Also in this letter:■ Govt hopeful of work starting on at least one semicon unit by year-end■ Tata-Uber…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), after conducting raids at multiple locations belonging to payment gateways, i.e., Paytm and PayU in connection with a case of Chinese loan apps, asked Paytm to freeze certain amounts from a few Merchant IDs (MIDs).Sources said the raids were conducted in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram, Lucknow, and Kolkata.The ED has not given any official comment on the matter.On September 3, raids were conducted at the premises belonging to online payment gateways including Razorpay Pvt Ltd, Cashfree Payments,…

These internship programs are available through the government colleges affiliated with AICTE. Those who are chosen will be employed for a two-month period and will be given a digital badge and a certificate of course completion. Students have access to virtual internship opportunities. These internship programs are available through the government colleges affiliated with AICTE. Those who are chosen will be employed for a two-month period and will be given a digital badge and a certificate of course completion.…