Digital India, data laws and tech regulation.
Quad9, a privacy-focused DNS resolver, is leaving France after a court order requiring it to block websites accused of copyright infringement by a sports broadcaster.
A UK MP who campaigned against online abuse became a deepfake victim and is now taking xAI, creator of Grok, to court over the incident.
Democratic senators claim the Trump administration is withholding a damaging secret court ruling on Section 702 surveillance authority until lawmakers renew the program.
Calcutta High Court ordered YouTube, X and Instagram to block a video essay on Modi and Adani, and sought user IP logs from social media platforms in a defamation case involving Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia.
US senators claim the government is illegally conducting warrantless electronic surveillance of citizens, with the FISC permitting continued interception despite privacy commitments.
NoCap, a Malayalam news outlet, petitioned Kerala High Court to compel authorities to disclose orders behind its Facebook page block in India, citing lack of transparency under the IT Act.
India's news publishers challenge the DPDP Act in Supreme Court, arguing it could create a pre-censorship regime by requiring media to obtain consent from news sources before publication.
An engineering student has moved a high court after losing access to his Google account data when his phone was stolen in 2024, alleging Google ignored government appeals panel orders.
Karnataka High Court directs telecom operators to review SIM activation procedures after a case involving unauthorized activation of 75 SIM cards using others' Aadhaar details.
A data breach at India's Central Board of Film Certification exposed scripts, censor notes and distribution agreements for over 500 films, with documents linked to leaked e-Cinepramaan portal data.
Twenty-one Indian news publishers challenged the Digital Personal Data Protection Act in India's Supreme Court, arguing it threatens investigative journalism and journalist source protection.
Anti-circumvention laws and corporate data restrictions are limiting researchers' and journalists' ability to analyze public web information, exemplified by Reddit's lawsuit against SerpAPI and Perplexity.
Two US senators allege the Trump administration is unlawfully withholding a FISA court ruling regarding surveillance programs while seeking Congressional renewal of the surveillance authority.
Google updated its privacy policy to allow Gmail, Drive and Photos content to inform ad targeting, effective October 16.
Indian government ordered Reddit to block 26 posts primarily about India–China border topics without disclosing the legal authority or agency responsible for the takedown request.
Instagram restricted and then re-restricted a comedian's reel in India citing 'Indian legal requirements' without identifying the specific law or regulatory authority involved.
PhonePe and Google Pay's combined UPI market share declined to 77.8% in September 2026 from 78.3% in August, reflecting gradual erosion of their market dominance in India's digital payments space.
eMudhra, a Bengaluru digital security firm, faces international business pressure after compromised security keys, despite earlier credibility built on Indian government contracts.
