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The EU says Meta failed to stop under-13 users from accessing Instagram and Facebook despite its own minimum age rules. The post Meta failed to protect the safety of under-13s: European Commission appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Amazon, Meta and others plan to challenge NPCI over PhonePe and Google Pay’s 80% UPI dominance, as repeated cap delays raise concerns over competition, regulation, and the ecosystem’s long-term viability. The post Amazon, Meta to challenge PhonePe-Google Pay dominance as UPI cap delayed since 2020 a
Eternal’s Q4FY26 earnings call reveals how Zomato’s platform fee hikes are funding targeted customer subsidies while Blinkit faces slowing growth. The post Eternal Q4FY26: All Users Pay Higher Platform Fee, Only Some Get Discounts appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Eternal says AI is helping expand commerce opportunities, but India’s legal system still lacks safeguards for AI-driven purchases. The post Eternal Q4FY26: Goyal Dismisses AI Disruption Risk as Zomato Quietly Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
The experts highlighted how difficult it is to differentiate between news & current affairs and journalists & news content creators, as per the draft IT Rules, which leads to free speech violations. The post Why defining ‘news’ won’t fix the free speech problems of draft IT Rules? #NAMA appeared fir
Reliance says its 5G network is ready for slicing, but rollout hinges on regulation and demand. Executives also highlighted AI-driven operations, Jamnagar data centres, JioStar updates, and Ajio Rush expansion. The post If markets and regulators are ready for network slicing, we are ready: JIO appea
Karnataka has approached the Supreme Court challenging a High Court ruling that allowed bike taxi operations under the Motor Vehicles Act, reviving a legal battle over regulation, permits, and aggregator services. The post Karnataka files appeal challenging the bike taxi ban lift in the Supreme Cour
Indian users can now store their Aadhaar as a "verifiable credential" in Google Wallet to verify their identity without a physical Aadhaar card or govt portal login. The post Google Wallet integrates Aadhaar as digital ID, expands India’s mobile identity ecosystem appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
WhatsApp banned 9,400 scam-linked accounts, but the government directly flagged only 17 digital-arrest-specific accounts. The post How did WhatsApp turn 17 govt. flags into 9,400 digital arrest scam bans? appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Experts at MediaNama’s discussion on IT Rules debated whether the Shreya Singhal judgment still protects online speech in India. The post Shreya Singhal targeted private censorship. Today’s threat is the State #NAMA appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
MeitY has issued an advisory directing VPN providers and intermediaries to prevent access to blocked betting and prediction market platforms. The post MeitY warns VPN providers against enabling access to blocked betting platforms appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Kerala High Court seeks responses from Centre and Meta on MediaOne’s Facebook block in India, as the channel challenges the action as unlawful, citing lack of notice, due process, and impact on free speech and revenue. The post Kerala HC issues notice on MediaOne’s Facebook page block in India appea
Experts at the event highlighted how the proposed Rule 3(4) in the draft IT Rules allows the executive to bypass parliament and the judiciary to issue binding advisories, guidelines and SOPs. The post Can MeitY issue binding rules via advisories? Experts raise alarm over draft IT Rules #NAMA appeare
With the availability of its Amazon Now feature in 100 cities, Amazon is trying to strengthen its quick-commerce presence by aiming to reach over 1000 micro-fulfilment centres and developing dark-store-like nodes in them. The post Amazon scales its quick delivery service ‘Amazon Now’ in 100 cities a
Experts at a MediaNama discussion warned that MeitY’s proposed IT Rules amendments could significantly expand the IDC’s powers over online speech. The post ‘judge, jury, executioner’: experts warn of Inter-Departmental Committee (IDC) overreach under New draft IT Rules appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Australia proposes a News Bargaining Incentive requiring major tech platforms to pay publishers or face a 2.25% levy, with consultations open until May 18 and rollout planned from 2025–26. The post Australia proposes new levy on big tech to fund news, opens draft law for consultation appeared first
Experts at the event, like ex-MeitY official Rakesh Maheshwari & ex-public policy manager of Meta Snehashish Ghosh, discussed how the 3-hr content takedown mandate originated & what platforms are expected to do under it. The post How 2019 election code of ethics became India’s three-hour content tak
MobiKwik's NBFC licence from RBI allows it to launch its own lending subsidiary, MobiKwik Financial Services Private Limited, moving away from being a lending distributor with other NBFCs. The post Why the NBFC licence matters for MobiKwik appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
TRAI flags slow PM-WANI rollout, high friction, and weak demand. Its paper proposes Passpoint login, OpenRoaming, UPI payments, and new funding and infra-sharing models to scale public Wi-Fi. The post Lowdown: TRAI flags low deployment under PM-WANI in public Wi-Fi consultation paper appeared first
India’s content blocking rules are under scrutiny for a lack of transparency. The post ‘No transparency’: experts warn of expanding powers to block online speech in India #NAMA appeared first on MEDIANAMA.