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• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticizes India’s discriminatory CAA law

  Update (14-01-2020 11:10 am IST): BuzzFeed News reporter Pranav Dixit noted in a tweet that Microsoft has published a watered-down statement detailing Nadella's stance on India's CAA legislation, after the outlet published its piece with the CEO's quote to editor-in-chief Ben Smith. ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Facebook is reportedly planning to launch TikTok competitor in India by May (Update)

  Update (11/01/2020): A Facebook spokesperson said in an email statement to TNW the company has no plans to launch Lasso in India as of now, "Lasso is currently available in the US, Mexico, and Colombia — we don’t have plans to expand to India or Indonesia at this time." Facebook ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India's apex court says indefinite internet shutdowns violate rules - but Kashmir is still offline

  India's Supreme Court said indefinite internet shutdowns violate the country's laws concerning freedom of speech. But Kashmir ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Uber introduces in-ride audio recording and 2FA to India

  Uber announced a slew of safety features for the Indian market today at an event in New Delhi, including a two-factor authentication through a PIN on the app. The company's rival Ola has had such verification methodology through SMS messages in 2017. The ride-hailing company launched ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India’s upcoming content policing rules might only apply to 'major' social platforms

  India‘s upcoming intermediary rules — aimed at controlling and monitoring online content — have a lot of big and small tech firms worried about censorship of their platforms. But a new report suggests the legislation will only affect major social media networks, such as Facebook, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Kashmir's police want people to 'register' their WhatsApp groups

  Local police authorities in parts of the northern state of Kashmir in India have reportedly issued a circular, urging people to officially register the WhatsApp groups they moderate. This comes after a five-month internet shutdown in the region, which is still ongoing in some parts ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Mozilla, GitHub, and Cloudflare appeal to Indian government over its online content policing plans

  Mozilla, GitHub, and Cloudflare wrote a letter today to the Indian government to see the final draft of intermediary rules that will define how online platforms have to regulate content before it's presented in front of the Supreme Court on January 15. According to the draft released ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India's government allegedly fueled a bogus campaign to garner support by offering 'free Netflix' (Update)

  Update (07/01/2020):  BJP President Amit Shah said today the toll-free number to register support for the upcoming law received over five million calls. However, there's no mention if all these numbers were unique. So, we can't really say more than five million people are in favor ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• India's internet shutdowns have cost its businesses billions of dollars

  India accounts for some 67% of internet shutdowns worldwide. They're not just a bad idea, they've cost the Indian economy ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Indian government orders mobile internet to be suspended in the capital, says Airtel

  Amid protests in India over new and upcoming citizenship laws, Airtel said the government has ordered mobile data services ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• UberEats' India business is reportedly being sold to its local rival

  Uber is reportedly close to selling the India-based arm of its UberEats food delivery service to Zomato, a local competitor, ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• The makers of TikTok are testing a new swipe-to-skip streaming music app

  TikTok owner ByteDance has just started testing its music streaming app, Resso, in India and Indonesia. The TikTok-styled ...

  • Ivan Mehta