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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked social media companies to block 36,838 URLs between 2018 and October 2023, IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared the data in Parliament.“The government issues lawful directions for blocking for access of information by public under section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 which provides power to government to issue such directions if it is necessary or expedient to do so in the interest of sovereignty and integrity, defence of India,…

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The government has issued notice to social media platforms including Telegram, YouTube and X to remove all child sex abuse material and groups circulating such content, Parliament was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to Rajya Sabha said that the social media platforms have been informed that existing rules cast obligations on the intermediaries, including social media firms, to observe due diligence and if they fail to observe such due diligence, they…

Europe on Friday reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence including governments' use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT.With the political agreement, the EU moves toward becoming the first major world power to enact laws governing AI. Friday's deal between EU countries and European Parliament members came after nearly 15 hours of negotiations that followed an almost 24-hour debate the previous day.Elevate Your Tech…

It's a dream that's out of this world.This morning from Canadian Space Agency headquarters just outside of Montreal, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne announced that astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been assigned a six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025. "I'm proud to be a crew member on this mission, but especially to be participating as a Canadian astronaut," Kutryk said. "I'm proud that our country continues to play a leading role in space. It's very…

MEPs of the European Union voted to adopt strict new rules regarding emissions from trucking and busses today, seeking a 90% reduction in total fleet CO2 emissions by 2040 — but there’s a big loophole involved. While initial planning from the EU Commission sought to categorize effectively all ICE trucks and busses as CO2-emitting, the EU Parliament has other ideas. Under the proposed rules adopted today, medium and heavy-duty trucks using biofuels and e-fuels will be exempt from fleet CO2…

Number and percentage of MEPs from different European regions surveyed. To ensure a diversity of views within our sample, we interviewed two representatives from each of the five political groups represented in the European Parliament in each of the five geographic regions of the European Union. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01246-x Politicians in the European Parliament are supportive of…

Parliament on Friday approved amendments to the Central and Integrated GST laws to levy 28 percent tax on the full face value of bets in online gaming, casinos, and horse race clubs.The Central GST (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Integrated GST (Amendment) Bill, 2023, piloted by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, also make registration mandatory for offshore e-gaming companies operating in India. It also provides for blocking of access in case offshore platforms fail to comply with GST registration and tax payment…

Oppo Mobile, Vivo India, and Xiaomi Technology have collectively evaded tax worth Rs 9,000 crore, by dodging custom duties and GST, said IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. So far, the government has successfully recovered Rs 1,630 crore from these companies…

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said in the Parliament that government authorities had not shut down the services of American microblogging site Twitter and did not raid homes of executives of Twitter for hosting content of farmers’ agitation during 2021.This allegation was first made by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a television interview, which was repeatedly denied by Chandrasekhar on his social media handle. "Directions for blocking under section 69A were…