India provides immunity, or safe harbour, to intermediaries under Section 79(2) of the I-T Act on the condition that the platforms do not modify the content in any form.
Using dummy websites to get political authorisation from Facebook and with phoney addresses in disclaimers, official affiliates of political parties placed thousands of ads in the general and state elections
The surge could be on the back of a range of factors including a shift in conventional modes of paper-based or branch-based money, P2P transfers to the more convenient smartphone-based UPI transactions.
Social media strategists for the Indian National Congress's 2014, and 2019 election campaigns say they didn't personally see any bias, but if there's evidence pointing to internal collusion, it needs to be investigated.
Eruditus partners with top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, India, and China to bring professional education to a global audience.
Behaviour changes are here to stay, automation will happen across industries — and that’s a good thing, say ET Back to Business panellists as they chart how new technology is becoming central in a post-COVID world.
Private banks such as ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and HDFC Bank recently began charging customers for UPI transactions beyond a prescribed limit
The acquisition gives Reliance Retail sway over a network of nearly 1,800 stores and brings in Rs 26,000 crore in additional sales to create a Rs 1.89 lakh crore ($26 billion) retail empire
The software giant was once a cautionary tale of an arrogant tech company caught off guard by government scrutiny. But under the leadership of Nadella and Smith, it has built one of the most potent forces in the nation's capital.
Amul had approached the court after receiving complaints from people about them being deceived and duped by fake websites which illegally offered Amul dealerships, distributorships, and jobs
Neuralink aims to implant wireless brain-computer interfaces in the most complex human organ to help cure neurological conditions like Alzheimer's, dementia and spinal cord injuries
A deal with Oracle, the enterprise software company, would be more of a data play. Oracle could use TikTok’s data about social interactions to benefit its cloud, data and advertising businesses, the people said.
Some in the scientific community have watched the company’s promises warily, fearing that they might prompt afflicted people to delay necessary procedures.
Kevin Mayer was head of Walt Disney's streaming business before Beijing-based ByteDance tapped him to become chief executive officer of TikTok, the company's short-video service for international markets.
"We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of U.S. TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of U.S. government regulators," the retailer said in a statement.
Facebook said it was considering discontinuing on iPhones a tool called Audience Network, which thousands of developers put into their apps to serve ads.
The government has proposed a framework and a set of minimum standards for data privacy protection to be followed across the board in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Facebook's employees in India have apparently been conveyed the message that controversies like the one around company's policy on hate speech posts are to be expected given its reach.
Alibaba, which has fuelled the growth of several Indian startups, will not put in fresh funds to expand its investments in the country for at least six months, sources said
The case presents a new regulatory challenge for Amazon in India, where it has committed $6.5 billion in investment but is battling a complex regulatory environment.
Facebook News, that was launched in the US last year, will soon arrive in the UK, Germany, France, India and Brazil within the next six months to a year, the company announced.
The iPhone maker currently sells its products in the country through third-party vendors and e-commerce firms such as Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart.
Ant Group's stake in the Paytm parent would be pegged at about $5 billion, based on the $16 billion valuation ascribed to its business when the startup raised $1 billion in November 2019
Ant's initial public offering would be the first simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and the year-old STAR Market, boosting Hong Kong's status as an international IPO market
The 10-member jury considered capital efficiency, the scale of ambition, potential for self-reliance and perseverance as key parameters as they picked the best candidates in various categories for The Economic Times Startup Awards 2020
The "drivecation" is a Covid-driven upgrade of the staycation where the check-in essentially begins at your doorstep because the hotels are coming to you.
The order was passed in the contempt of court petition filed against Oyo, its founder Ritesh Agarwal and directors Rakesh Kumar and Anuj Tejpal in the Delhi High Court by Anam Datsec for not submitting a list of its unencumbered assets.
Faceless assessment will be a complete shift from the earlier practice where taxpayers could sit with the assessing officer and resolve issues at one go
Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, have faced criticism after a news report said she opposed applying hate-speech rules to some Hindu nationalist individuals and groups
Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Zensar Technologies, among others, have embarked on a massive upskilling drive to make sure their workforce in India is ready for the next-level jobs.
ADIA and PIF have contributed a total $2.2 billion to Jio Platform's $20.8 billion fundraise that saw 13 investors, led by Facebook, coming on board in less than three months.
Twitter said it witnessed a 47% jump in global legal demands for content removal during the period under review compared to the last reporting period (January-June 2019).
Increased apprehension among consumers during the pandemic towards physical modes of payments is giving rise to a new category of digital payments spends which are ‘contactless’ in nature, say industry insiders.
Dream11 had wanted the title sponsorship to be extendable for 2021 and 2022, at Rs 240 crore each, in case Vivo didn’t reclaim the role, said people with knowledge of the matter.
The move underscores a rebound in parts of the travel industry, which was battered this year by restrictions and shutdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A case in March alleged that WhatsApp was bundling its digital payment facility - WhatsApp Pay - within its messaging app for which it already has a large user base.
Jeff Bezos regards India as a key frontier for Amazon, particularly after failing to break into China. Now he faces a homegrown champion backed by some of his fiercest U.S. rivals.
Oyo has been among the hardest-hit in SoftBank's global portfolio of sharing economy outfits. It slashed its regional presence in Japan by closing offices in provincial centers at the end of June and is also looking to downsize its Tokyo headquarters.
Flipkart and rival Amazon saw their operations getting severely restricted for nearly two months during the lockdown with operations resuming fully only by mid-May.
The funding rounds come at a time when short-video platforms are looking to tap into what’s estimated to be a market of 100-120 million daily active users which is up for grabs
Das has said in her complaint that since the evening of August 14, she has been receiving violent threats to her life and is 'extremely disturbed' by the relentless harassment meted out to her.
According to Google Trends for India, interest in queries with the term "for desktop" rose sharply starting in March, when the lockdown began, and peaked at 100 twice in both June and July.
The company is also looking to step up manufacturing in the country. Last month, Foxconn started assembling Apple's top-end iPhones at its Chennai plant.
Amid calls in India to boycott Chinese products, Vivo and the BCCI mutually agreed to suspend the deal for IPL 2020, with a clause to resume it next season.
Last month, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani had said Jio had developed a homegrown 5G technology solution and planned to offer it to other telcos worldwide
Apple is also developing a new subscription for virtual fitness classes that can be accessed through apps on the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV and will be offered in a higher-end bundle with the rest of its services
This comes nearly a month after Club Factory suspended services in India after its app — as well as 58 other Chinese apps — were banned over privacy and security concerns.
Volumes across channels set to shoot up by an additional 6 percentage points over the next 2 years against a base scenario without outbreak: RedSeer report
This is the first relaxation of rules by the US government since Trump suspended the entry of certain non-immigrant visa categories like the H1B and L1 visas till the end of the year
Paytm Money, which till now only allowed users to invest in Mutual Funds, is targeting 250,000 new active users over the next year hoping to hit daily volumes of about 600,000 trades a day
Influencer marketing spends have gone up during lockdown, but that doesn’t compensate for the issues the ecosystem is facing in the absence of policy and regulations
The companies said that the visa restrictions will hurt American business – rather than save American jobs, leading companies to hire workers outside the United States.
Libra co-creator David Marcus will be in charge of the initiative. He will also be involved in WhatsApp’s payments efforts in countries like India and Brazil
The fast-moving consumer goods market expanded 4.3% in volume and more than 8.5% by value during the quarter, according to data from Kantar Worldpanel.
Uber outlined proposals Monday for a new type of relationship with "gig" workers, including its own drivers, that would keep them as independent contractors but with some guaranteed benefits.
Industry executives said several products of prominent Chinese brands have stocks running out, including offline. Brick-and-mortar retailers and said it had been business as usual as far as Chinese brands were concerned.
A strong rally in the shares of Reliance Industries has lifted promoter Mukesh Ambani to the fourth spot in the list of world's top billionaires, right behind Zuckerberg.
The WFH mode may offer flexibility to women in terms of staying on at their jobs, but that is not the only enabling factor.For many women, WFH has meant managing the home as well as professional commitments.
For years, most of the Indian retailers have been only doing lip services to their omni-channel strategies without much action happening on that front, but the pandemic is forcing them to go digital
The purchase’s major benefit to Microsoft and the US public may be the ability of consumers to continue to use an innovative platform for free expression and creativity after rescuing it from the quicksand of politics.
The fear of the unknown is the lived reality of the handloom industry in India. Handloom is the second largest employment provider in the country, after agriculture.
TeamLease is getting maximum mandates from large e-grocers, food-specific app-based companies, app-based medicine delivery companies, and essential non-mall large format retail companies
A government-appointed panel in July recommended setting up a regulator for information that is anonymised or devoid of personal details but critical for companies to build their businesses.
Along with earlier acquisition of educational games maker Osmo, the $300-million buy will allow firm to speed up its international expansion plans, says CEO Byju Raveendran
India is the biggest market for TikTok with more than 200 million users, however, it was banned along with 58 other Chinese apps by the government in June this year
The startup’s Bank Box product will allow merchants to process all debit card transactions, including those issued by Visa and Mastercard, without incurring any rental or MDR.
For making digital payments more accessible, a pilot for offline-based payments, which wouldn’t require Internet connectivity, is being planned, says RBI.
Firms are requesting that the government should do away with tax deducted at source on local software products and Softex forms that assess the value of a product each time it is exported.
Indians averaged about 3.85 digital transactions per person between July 2019 and July this year with Chandigarh leading at 38.4 transactions per person
WhiteHat Jr operates in the K-12 segment, teaching students to code, and helping them build commercial-ready games, animations and apps, using the fundamentals of coding
The price for a piece of fast-growing TikTok could also depend on whether Microsoft scores a discount from picking up an app whose other alternative is being banned by the U.S. government.
The Big Tech companies insist that their rise to power has been the first story, a saga of ingenuity and courage, and that their market dominance is a byproduct of continued excellence.
Among the new apps included in the list are photo editor AirBrush, short video and prediction tool Meipai and camera app BoXxCAM, which are owned by China's Meitu
Bharti Airtel is set to sign a strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud arm of retail behemoth Amazon, to tap small-and-medium businesses with public cloud services in the country.
After a weekend of speculation, the American software giant came out Monday morning, Beijing time, to confirm talks to buy the short-video sensation that boasts more than 100 million users in the U.S. alone.
The Russian-Israeli billionaire, one of the world’s best-known technology investors, is an early backer of the largest internet firms including Alibaba, Facebook and Twitter
India showed the way when it banned dozens of Chinese mobile apps including TikTok and Tencent's WeChat, while Australia and Japan are reportedly looking at similar options.
The government has decided to license these imports after finding that higher duties have been ineffective in reducing the amount of goods coming into India.
Shanghai Zhizhen first sued Apple for patent infringement in 2012 regarding its voice recognition technology. In July, China's Supreme People's court ruled that the patent was valid.
Samsung has already begun to gain ground, and a surge in anti-China sentiment in India following a border clash in June is expected to provide a fresh boost.