NEW DELHI: Twitter withheld an unspecified amount of accounts in India in response to a “legal request”, and then restored them around 9pm on Monday. The stories included those from the news magazine Caravan, Kisan Ekta Morcha (Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s computer cell), tribal leader Hansraj Meena and actor Sushant Singh, …
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology blocked 43 mobile applications on Tuesday for carrying out activities “harmful to the sovereignty and integrity of the country, defense, state security and public order.” The decision to ban the apps, mostly linked to China, for Indian users was made following comprehensive reports …
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the National Center for Informatics have said that they have no information about the “creation” of the Aarogya Setu application promoted by the government to contain the spread of Covid-19, responses described as “absurd “by the Central Information Commission. The transparency panel …
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