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MEITY Grievance Appellate Committees
The IT Rules of 2021 say that Social Media Companies such as Facebook should compulsorily appoint Grievance officers. These officers should be from India. They will oversee the complaints made by social media users. Now the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is forming a committee to which these officers will report to. The committee ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: content moderation • Facebook • grievance appellate committee • Grievance redressal • Integrity • Ministry of Electronics and IT • Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) • New IT Rules 2021 • Social media • Twitter
Competition (Amendment) Bill
The Competition Act aims to promote healthy competition in India. The main intention of the act is to avoid monopoly. Take Facebook for instance. Some economists are of the opinion that Facebook exhibits a monopoly. Meaning, it wants to rule the world of digital messaging. To achieve this, Facebook bought almost every competitor that entered ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Bills and Acts • Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 • Competition Act • Competition Act 2002 • Competition advocacy • Competition Amendment Bill • Competition Commission of India (CCI) • Facebook • Facebook acquisition • Framework • Indian laws • Merger Rules • mergers • Mergers and acquisitions • Monopoly • Payment and settlement systems in India • WhatsApp
Instagram Amber Alerts to find Missing Children
Recently, Meta announced to roll out ‘AMBER alerts’ to Instagram across 25 countries. Key Facts AMBER alerts will help users to get notifications of missing children in the area. This feature was already present on Meta’s Facebook app since 2015, that has helped in finding hundreds of children. If law enforcement activate AMBER Alert and people ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: AMBER Alert • Facebook • Instagram • META • missing children
UK Digital Markets Unit
In the United Kingdom, large tech companies like Facebook and Google will have to follow the new competition rules, or else huge fines will be imposed on them by the government. UK’s new Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will have the power to put a stop to the predatory practices that are followed by some firms. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Amazon • Android • Apple • Facebook • Google • iOS • META • Microsoft • United Kingdom
European Union New Internet Rules
The European Union finalized new legislation that will require the world’s big tech companies to remove harmful content. This is the latest move of the union to regulate the world’s online giants. Overview: The Digital Services Act (DSA) has the aim of ensuring tougher consequences for websites and platforms that will be hosting banned content ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Amazon • Apple • Digital Markets Act • Digital Services Act • European Commission • European Union • Facebook • Google • Microsoft • Twitter
WWF Report on Online Wildlife Trade
The World Wildlife Fund has released a report stating that in Myanmar illegal purchases of wildlife online are increasing which is causing a threat to both endangered species and public health. Findings of the report Following the 2021 military takeover causing political turmoil, enforcement of bans on such transactions has weakened. By 74 percent such ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Facebook • Myanmar • SARS • world wildlife fund