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Twitter complies with IT Ministry's notice within deadline
Reliable sources told IANS on Tuesday that the company finally complied with the June 27 notice sent by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) over taking action on some controversial tweets. A query sent to Twitter India went unanswered. The government had asked Twitter to act on the content take-down notices sent under Section 69A of the IT Act along with non-compliance notices issued for not taking the content down.
Now crypto platform Vauld freezes all withdrawals, trading, deposits
Darshan Bathija, CEO of Vauld, said that a significant amount of customer withdrawals in excess of $197.7 million has happened since June 12, when the decline of the cryptocurrency market was triggered by the collapse of Terraform Lab's UST stablecoin, Celsius network pausing withdrawals, and Three Arrows Capital defaulting on their loans.
Jammer to block, booster to enhance mobile signal illegal: Centre
Alarmed at its open online sale, the department warned all e-commerce companies from selling or facilitating the sale of wireless jammers on their online platforms, stressing that private sector organisations or individuals cannot procure and use jammers in India. "It has also been stated that it is unlawful to advertise, sell, distribute, import or otherwise market signal jamming devices in India, except as permitted under the guidelines," said the DoT.
Motorola launches affordable moto g42 in India
The smartphone is available in a single 4GB RAM+64GB storage variant priced at Rs 13,999. "The moto g42 comes with near-stock Android 12 with an assured upgrade to Android 13 and 3 years of security updates," said the company in a statement. Weighing 174.5 grams, it comes in two colour variants -- Metallic Rose and Atlantic Green.
Govt warns e-com platforms against illegally selling wireless jammers
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) said that the use of cellular signal jammers, GPS blocker or other signal jamming devices is generally illegal, except specifically permitted by the government. Alarmed at its open online sale, the department warned all e-commerce companies from selling or facilitating the sale of wireless jammers on their online platforms. Private sector organisations or individuals cannot procure and use jammers in India.
Hackers post crypto scams on British Army's YouTube, Twitter accounts
The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed in a tweet late on Sunday that they were aware of a breach of the Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation was underway. "The Army takes information security extremely seriously and is resolving the issue. Until their investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further," the Ministry further posted. Both the social media accounts were later restored.
Apple Watch Series 8 to let you know if you are running a fever
The upcoming Apple Watch should be able to detect a spike in body temperature, and then ask you to use a thermometer, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. "The feature is a go for both the standard Apple Watch Series 8 and a new rugged edition that's aimed at extreme sports athletes," he said. The upcoming lower-end Apple Watch SE is not going to have this health feature. Famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also believes the body temperature sensor will make its debut later this year.
Tesla hit by another racial discrimination lawsuit amid poor sale
The mass-action lawsuit, filed in Alameda Superior Court in California in the US, alleged the plaintiffs were subjected to racially motivated harassment and intimidation in Tesla factories which were transformed into racially hostile work environments. The lawsuit names tech giant Tesla, as well as managers and supervisors who allegedly perpetuated constant racism and discrimination at Tesla.
Google India purged 4L bad content pieces in May
The company said it received 25,694 complaints from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms during the one-month reporting period. "These complaints relate to third-party content that is believed to violate local laws or personal rights on Google's SSMI platforms," the company said in the report.
Twitter bans over 46K bad accounts in India in May
According to the report, Twitter removed 43,656 accounts for child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and similar content, while 2,870 accounts were banned for promoting terrorism. A The platform received 1,698 complaints in India via its local grievance mechanism between April 26, 2022 and May 25, 2022.
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