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Indian govt meets Google, Twitter, Facebook, says it wants encryption broken in fight against child porn
•The panel met officials of companies such as Google, Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp before preparing Saturday’s report
Facebook, Google come under increasing pressure in Europe to counter extremist content
•UK called for a first-of-its-kind watchdog for social media that could fine executives and even ban companies.
Govt may amend IT law to allow shutdown of apps, sites that spread fake news
Tech2 News Staff •The amendment also proposes tech companies to deploy tools to "identify" and curb unlawful content.
WhatsApp criticised for failing to remove child porn shared across chat groups
Tech2 News Staff •WhatsApp has responded saying that it "has a zero-tolerance policy around child sexual abuse."
Facebook removed 8.7 million user images of child nudity last quarter
•Facebook’s rules for years have banned even family photos of lightly clothed children.
Centre tells SC it is taking help of US-based private body to curb child porn menace
•The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it is taking the help of a US-based private body to curb the menace of child porn in India
Centre tells SC that 3,500 websites hosting child pornography have been blocked in one month
•The government has asked CBSE to consider installation of jammers in schools to block access to child pornographic content.
Judge throws out evidence gathered in FBI Child Porn sting
Tech2 News Staff •A US Federal Judge for the first time disallowed the FBI from using evidence it gathered by infecting a dark web child porn site with malware.
Rethink on porn ban: Govt to issue new notification after high-level meet
Fp Staff •The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology on Tuesday announced that the ban would only be limited to those websites which show child porn.
If child porn is the reason, could porn ban be the solution? Here’s how the world deals with the menace
Nashdavid •A little over 2 years ago, an activist sounded off the government with a list of 857 pornography websites. He referred to pornography as being “worse than Hitler, worse than AIDS, cancer or any other epidemic.
