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Facebook, Twitter, others seek legal opinion on India’s new internet rules

The draft rules require a platform to break end-to-end encryption and introduce systems for retaining data

3 min read12 Jan 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Google and the Great Internet Wall of China

Even if Google finds a way around China’s internet censorship, its Project Dragonfly is certain to fly into a sticky search engine ecosystem in that country

3 min read23 Oct 2018
Industry

Trai consultation soon on traffic rules for net neutrality

Trai would recommend the framework for implementation of internet traffic management practices to comply with net neutrality rules

2 min read19 Aug 2018
Companies

Google in talks with Tencent, Inspur for China cloud

The goal of the cloud initiative is to run Google internet-based services via the domestic data centres and servers of Chinese providers

4 min read6 Aug 2018
Technology

Google said to develop censor-friendly search engine for China

Google has long struggled with doing business in China, home of a 'Great Firewall' that blocks politically sensitive content, such as the 1989 Tiananmen massacre

2 min read2 Aug 2018
Industry

Internet remains free and fair in India as neutrality gets the nod

The licence agreements with service providers will be immediately amended and will be subject to principles of net neutrality, says telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan

1 min read11 Jul 2018
Companies

Airbnb to share information with authorities on guests in China

Airbnb plans to share guest data, including passports and booking dates, directly with the Chinese government

1 min read30 Mar 2018
News

US FCC to vote to repeal net neutrality rules: chief Ajit Pai

US FCC will vote on 14 December to repeal net neutrality in the US, in an action seen as a win for AT&T, Comcast and Verizon even as Google and Facebook want the internet rules to stay

4 min read21 Nov 2017
News

China’s Great Firewall gets tougher as popular VPN shuts down

With the Chinese govt forcing GreenVPN to cease its operations, bypassing the Great Firewall, the system used to control Internet access in the country, gets harder

1 min read3 Jul 2017
Industry

China tightens Internet rules for Baidu, other search engines

Chinese authorities will require Baidu and other search engines to report banned content and verify advertisers' qualifications in its latest attempt at Internet regulation

1 min read25 Jun 2016
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