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The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday restricted Paytm Payments Bank Ltd from taking fresh deposits and credit transactions across its services, due to non-compliance of regulations and supervisory concerns.An audit report revealed "persistent non-compliances and continued material supervisory concerns in the bank, warranting further supervisory action," the central bank said in a release.Paytm Payments Bank will not be allowed to take further deposits in any customer accounts after February 29, the RBI said.It added…

Image Source : TWITTER X restricts Taylor Swift searches X, formerly known as Twitter and at present Elon Musk-runned microblogging platform has finally blocked searches for Taylor Swift after her AI-generated explicit images went viral on its platform. It was last week, when the popular singer's AI generated images were seen by millions before X removed them. The…

TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war and a study that questioned whether the company was suppressing topics that don’t align with the interests of the Chinese government.TikTok’s Creative Center—which is available for anyone to use but is geared toward helping brands and advertisers see what’s trending on the app—no longer allows users to search for specific…

Google has restricted access to the apps of international eSIM providers Airalo and Holafly for users in India for not complying with existing telecom policies in the country, according to a report. The blocking of the apps, that provide access to SIM cards that provide access to calling and data while traveling to various countries, was reportedly done in compliance with directions issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to both Google and Apple. The latter is yet to block downloads of both apps in the…

China flagged security problems with iPhones while saying it isn't barring purchases, the government's first comments on the topic after news reports that authorities are moving to restrict the use of Apple products in sensitive departments and state-owned companies.“We noticed that there have been many media reports about security incidents concerning Apple phones,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Wednesday at a regular press briefing in Beijing, without elaborating. China plans to expand a ban on the…

The government has restricted imports of laptops, tablets, and personal computers with immediate effect, according to a government notice on Thursday, in a bid to push local manufacturing."Their import would be allowed against a valid license for restricted imports," the notice said.In April-June, electronics imports, which include laptops, tablets, and personal computers, were $19.7 billion (roughly Rs. 1,62,960 crore), up 6.25 percent year-on-year. Electronics imports range between 7 percent to 10 percent of the…

Image: Wizards of the Coast | Dungeon Masters GuildDungeon Masters Guild, a subsidiary of OneBookShelf and the largest digital third-party Dungeons & Dragons marketplace, officially announced a policy change that would restrict the sale of “standalone” AI-generated products. Additionally, it is enacting a “Creation Method Filter” which requires sellers to indicate if any part of their “game, rulebook, or adventure contains AI-generated content.”Gillian Jacobs Reacting to Her D&D Character Sheet From Community |…

Microblogging platform Twitter on Saturday announced that it has restricted direct messages (DMs) for unverified accounts in a bid to reduce spam on the platform.The company also said it will soon implement more changes in its effort to reduce spam in Direct Messages.“Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send,” the company said in a tweet.— TwitterSupport (@TwitterSupport) Further, to send unlimited DMs, a Twitter user will now have to subscribe to Twitter Blue.Twitter, however, did not…

Biden administration officials can freely communicate with social media companies — for now. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has put a pause on Judge Terry A. Doughty's order that prohibits most federal officials from talking to companies like Meta about content. According to The New York Times, the three-judge panel has ruled for Doughty's preliminary injunction to be put aside "until further orders of the court." If you'll recall, the state attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri filed a lawsuit against President…

Twitter has restricted the official handle of the Pakistan Government in certain parts of the country, thinking that certain areas fall within India’s jurisdiction. As much as it is an egg on the face moment for Twitter, it seems to be a bigger fiasco for the central Government of Pakistan Twitter users in our neighbour to the west woke up to a nasty surprise when they saw that they couldn’t see the tweets from the official handle of the Pakistani Government. Users in Gilgit Baltistan in…