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    Policy Brief: Unpacking the Draft IT (Amendment) Rules on Synthetic Information, 2025

    • 28.10.2025
    • Medianama

    On October 22, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025 (“Draft Rules”).

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    72 Nations Sign UN’s First Cybercrime Treaty; India Abstains Amid Privacy Concerns

    • 28.10.2025
    • Medianama

    A total of 72 countries have signed the world’s first global treaty to combat cybercrime, formally known as the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime.

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    Australian Government Says No to Free AI Training on Copyrighted Content

    • 28.10.2025
    • Medianama

    The Australian Government has decided against allowing tech companies to mine copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, according to a report by The Guardian.

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    How connected TV is turning up the heat as OTT growth cools

    • 28.10.2025
    • Mint

    Connected TV (CTV) adoption is booming, with 129.2 million active users across 35-40 million homes.

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    The Streaming Piracy Crisis Suppressant That Nobody Wants To Discuss

    • 27.10.2025
    • TorrentFreak

    History has shown that if the source of pirated content isn't eliminated, one way or another it will simply reappear somewhere else. Targeting consumer-facing streaming sites does cause disruption, but not as much as targeting the supplier of their streams.

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    UEFA Joins Anti-Piracy Coalition ACE to Protect Growing Revenues from Piracy Surge

    • 27.10.2025
    • TorrentFreak

    European football's governing body, UEFA, has joined global anti-piracy coalition ACE. The move will help the Champions League organizer to more effectively tackle live streaming piracy.

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    Will India’s Proposed Synthetic Information Rules Require Watermarks on VR Experiences?

    • 27.10.2025
    • Medianama

    Earlier this month, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released a draft amendment to the IT Rules 2021 requiring disclosures of synthetically generated information.

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    Ad agencies redefine creativity under DPDPA; witness 15% spike in compliance expenditure

    • 27.10.2025
    • Storyboard18

    With the final DPDP Act rules set to roll out soon, mainstream advertising and ad-tech agencies are overhauling data systems, consent frameworks, and targeting models to balance personalization with privacy.

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    Instagram introduces Watch History for Reels to help users find lost videos

    • 27.10.2025
    • Storyboard18

    Users will also be able to filter their history by date — from oldest to newest or vice versa.

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    Instagram users can now edit Stories using AI text prompts directly in the app

    • 27.10.2025
    • Storyboard18

    Until now, Meta’s AI editing capabilities were only available via its chatbot

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