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Amid reports of ban on Chinese budget smartphones, Mukesh Ambani reveals Reliance Jio and Google are working on an affordable 5G smartphone
Reliance Jio is set to begin 5G services in the country by Diwali this year. The company is also wo…
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Meta-owned WhatsApp takes down over 16.6 lakh bad accounts within India in April
The platform had banned over 18 lakh such accounts in the country in March. The company also receiv…
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WhatsApp says it is taking action against automated and bulk messaging ahead of assembly elections in five states
Reacting to an IANS story on how the bulk WhatsApp API (application programming interface) tools…
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Government lifts ban on organic non-basmati rice exports
The government on Tuesday lifted the ban on export of organic non-basmati rice, including broken ri…
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Cyber security breach involving military officers on WhatsApp uncovered — probe ordered
Intelligence agencies have discovered a cyber security breach by military officials. This activity …
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Indonesia’s listening in on private internet chat groups. WhatsApp with that?
But while the minister appeared happy to publicise his request, he was less forthcoming when it …
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Meta is playing a game of whack-a-mole with the Taliban as the isolated Afghan government increasingly attempts to use WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption for official business
Sanctions restricting US-based businesses working with the Taliban have been in place for more than…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp’s Grievance Officer in India quits within six months
Advocate Paresh B Lal — who was appointed as WhatsApp’s Grievance and Nodal officer in June this ye…
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Indian Army officers in a flurry to leave WhatsApp groups after announcement of spot-checks
It’s not just the groups that have unknown members but even golfing groups and regimental gr…
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Texas influencer detained in Dubai for months for 'shouting' at a rental car company flies home after paying $1,069 for her travel ban to be lifted
TikTok influencer Tiera Allen is flying back to the US after paying to have a travel ban lifted. Sh…
Joshua Zitser
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Indian court wants Google, WA and FB to help stop child porn and rape videos
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to hold discussion with internet intermediaries, incl…
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The Indian government wants to build its own WhatsApp for official communication
The Indian government wants to develop its own version of WhatsApp and Gmail for official communica…
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Uber now lets you book rides on WhatsApp in Lucknow — slated to roll out in more Indian cities soon
WhatsApp users can book an Uber ride by messaging Uber’s business account number, scanning a QR …
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Banned for hosting porn, TikTok cites damage to free speech in its appeal to India’s Supreme Court
About 39% of the video streaming platform’s 500 million users are from India, most of them…
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Mark Zuckerberg says there is no 'shadow banning' on Facebook but admits there are 'millions of mistakes'
The Meta CEO told Joe Rogan's podcast there was no "shadow banning" policy on the social network, a…
Sam Tabahriti
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A Russian court has declared Meta guilty of extremist activity but will still allow access to WhatsApp
Meta owns Facebook, Instagram, and the popular chat app WhatsApp. WhatsApp will still be allowed to…
Connor Perrett
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Russia moves to declare Meta an 'extremist' organization, which would lead to all its services being cut off in Russia
Russia has already blocked Facebook and declaring Meta an "extremist" organization, would also lead…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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As anti-abortion laws pop up across the US, Mexican activists are helping Americans access free abortions
Some Americans seeking abortions are turning Mexico, which will ship abortion pills to the US, for …