Policy
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Germany forces Apple to revise ad-tracking consent prompts
Germany's antitrust regulator, the Bundeskartellamt, closed a four-year investigation into Apple's App Tracking Transparency Framework (ATTF) on August 17…
18 Aug, 03:30 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
YouTube changes view count to start at video playback from August 24
YouTube will begin counting a view the moment a video starts playing from August 24, 2026, across all formats including long-form videos, live streams, and Shorts, according to medianama.com.
18 Aug, 03:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
India delays Digital Competition Bill pending market study results
India’s Draft Digital Competition Bill remains pending as the government conducts a market study to inform key elements of the framework, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said.
18 Aug, 01:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Delhi HC orders Meta to disclose reasons for disabling analyst’s Instagram account
The Delhi High Court on August 17 directed Meta to disclose the material on which it disabled Instagram accounts belonging to stock market analyst Aakanksha Gupta.
18 Aug, 01:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
FDA classifies recall of nearly 19 million eggs over salmonella risk
Nearly 19 million eggs produced by Midwest Poultry Services in Texas between June 6 and July 3 are under the Food and Drug Administration's highest-risk re…
18 Aug, 05:28 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Universal health coverage could save $1 trillion and 114,000 lives annually
A study by Yale School of Public Health projects that universal health coverage (UHC) could save $1 trillion and prevent 114,000 deaths every year.
17 Aug, 11:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Ministry of Power notifies cybersecurity rules for power sector
The Ministry of Power notified the Central Electricity Authority (Cyber Security in Power Sector) Regulations, 2026, on July 31, 2026.
17 Aug, 09:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Karnataka HC allows police to freeze bank accounts without court order
The Karnataka High Court ruled on August 10 that police officers can freeze bank accounts during investigations without prior court approval. Justice M.
17 Aug, 09:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Parliamentary panel calls for digital competition rules and e-commerce code
The Standing Committee on Finance presented its Thirty-Seventh Report to Parliament on August 10, 2026, urging the government to finalise the Digital Compe…
17 Aug, 07:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
X stops publishing compliance reports after India synthetic media rules
Since India’s synthetic-media rules came into effect on February 20, 2026, X has ceased publishing compliance reports on its transparency page.
17 Aug, 05:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
France’s constitutional council strikes down social media ban for under-15s
France’s Constitutional Council struck down the country’s ban on social media use for children under 15 on August 14, ruling that the age-verification mech…
17 Aug, 03:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Florida man pleads guilty after OpenAI reports ChatGPT murder plot
A 25-year-old former Goldman Sachs analyst, Darren Zhou, pleaded guilty on August 13 to felony stalking and threat charges after OpenAI flagged his ChatGPT…
17 Aug, 01:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
India asks ministries to set up quick response teams to counter fake content
The Indian government has directed ministries to establish Quick Response Teams (QRTs) to tackle fake news on social media, according to a PTI report syndi…
17 Aug, 01:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Karnataka HC quashes orders to defreeze Jar’s accounts in cybercrime case
The Karnataka High Court quashed three Sessions Court orders that directed the release of gold, silver, and defreezing of bank accounts linked to wealthtech startup Jar.
17 Aug, 01:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
Prasar Bharati’s Waves OTT lacks mandated monthly grievance reports
Prasar Bharati’s Waves OTT platform has not published the monthly grievance compliance reports required under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital M…
17 Aug, 11:28 am IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
Amazon reintroduces no class-action clause in user agreement
Amazon.com Inc. has reintroduced a clause in its user agreement that prevents customers from filing class-action lawsuits against the company, effective immediately, according to livemint.com.
15 Aug, 07:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s
France's highest court has blocked a government plan to ban social media use for children under 15, ruling that the proposed restrictions were not justified.
14 Aug, 11:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 2 min
French publishers ask regulator to act on Google AI news summaries
The Alliance of General Information Press (APIG), representing French newspapers and magazines, has asked France’s competition regulator to intervene over Google’s AI-generated news summaries.
14 Aug, 11:28 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
RBI fines three non-banking finance companies for regulatory violations
The Reserve Bank of India imposed monetary penalties on Northern Arc Capital Limited, Muthoot MCred Limited, and Fusion Finance Limited on August 14 for non-compliance with regulatory norms.
14 Aug, 09:29 pm IST - POLICYPOLICY · 1 min
RBI auctions 91-day, 182-day and 364-day treasury bills on August 14
The Reserve Bank of India conducted an auction of 91-day, 182-day, and 364-day treasury bills on August 14, 2026, as part of its regular debt management operations.
14 Aug, 07:29 pm IST