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    Why India’s Digital Competition Bill is still pending: What the govt. is studying

    • 18.08.2026
    • Medianama

    The government is yet to finalise India’s Draft Digital Competition Bill, with a market study now set to inform key parts of the proposed framework.

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    Spotify will label AI artists; India’s rules demand labels on the music too

    • 18.08.2026
    • Medianama

    Spotify will mark artist profiles that do not represent real people with an “AI Persona” badge.

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    Centre to X: Transparency is fine, but Indian laws must be followed

    • 18.08.2026
    • StoryBoard18

    The Centre has told Elon Musk-owned X to comply with Indian laws after the platform announced plans to make government takedown and content restriction requests more visible to users.

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    TukTuki launches AI powered micro-drama Salaam India on Independence Day

    • 18.08.2026
    • Indian Television

    Third AI film in 90 days follows an intelligence operative racing to stop a terror plot

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    YouTube to count views from first frame across all video formats

    • 18.08.2026
    • Indian Television

    Platform aims to simplify view metrics and give creators a clearer exposure picture

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    Pirate Streaming Giant Cineby Announces Surprise Shutdown

    • 17.08.2026
    • Torrent Freak

    Cineby, one of the biggest pirate streaming sites on the web, says it will shut its doors on August 26.

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    Govt forms quick response teams to counter fake news on social media

    • 17.08.2026
    • StoryBoard18

    Centre directs ministries to form Quick Response Teams (QRTs) to combat fake news on social media, aiming for responses within two hours.

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    France strikes down social media ban for under-15s, citing privacy risks for all users

    • 17.08.2026
    • Medianama

    France’s Constitutional Council struck down the country’s ban on social media for under-15s, ruling on 14 August that its age-verification mechanism would force every user, including adults, to prove their age, breaching the right to privacy.

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    Bollywood box office is booming, but OTT deals remain a hard sell

    • 17.08.2026
    • Mint

    A few hits raise the ceiling, but consistency is what will raise the floor, and the industry is not there yet, according to filmmakers and studio executives.

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    Researchers Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool, Flag Hundreds of Channels

    • 17.08.2026
    • Torrent Freak

    A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem

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