Amnesty International, Privacy International and 28 other civil and human rights groups on Wednesday urged EU lawmakers to take a strong stand on privacy rights in proposed rules governing Facebook's WhatsApp and Microsoft's Skype.
Facebook India Head Ajit Mohan said there is a need for a "forward-looking and positive regulatory framework" for internet companies, and that organisations also need to be more transparent about how they use customer data.
India needs a "modern, light-touch regulation" for internet intermediaries that allows the government and consumers to seek accountability from these platforms, BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
"5G has the potential to truly transform the lives of India’s citizens. Considering the robust benefits, it offers, what is required is government’s support in the form of a strong and robust inter-ministerial policy that can provide a pathway for end-to-end 5G realization. It is encouraging that following the recommendations of the inter-ministerial High-Level Forum for 5G India 2020, the government is creating an enabling framework," says Kochhar.
Big Tech firms must pay publishers and creators for the content on their platforms, as users come for the content and not for advertising, European Union's Competition Chief Margrethe Vestager says in an exclusive interview.
According to the March 2021 CSET report on ‘Mapping India’s AI potential’, there were 10 times as many AI-relevant patent applications in 2018 as compared to 2012. This trend aligns with global AI patent production activity, which saw roughly similar growth during this period.
On the heels of opening weekend for “Godzilla vs. Kong,” Warner Bros., which distributed the film, celebrated its $48.5 million debut, the biggest showing in the coronavirus era.
The government issued new guidelines on the night of April 13 and imposed section 144 for 15 days amid the COVID surge.
Emerging economies struggled to grow through the 2010s, and pessimism shrouds them now. People wonder how they will pay debts rung up during the pandemic, and how they can grow rapidly as they did in the past – by exporting their way to prosperity – in an era of deglobalisation.
The development agreement is part of the expansive pact that set up a five-year, exclusive pay TV window with the streamer for the U.S. rights to its theatrical films beginning in 2022.