India
Google bans app that revealed apps that have ties to China
Google says it violates its policies.
Netflix faces backlash for censoring pork in India
Users say they’ll cancel their accounts. Netflix says it complies with local customs.
India jails those found sharing coronavirus “misinformation” on WhatsApp
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CASIO files DMCA complaint against user who hacked calculator to connect to the internet
The Github project has been suspended.
How TikTok ordered moderators in India to censor content which is “against Chinese government”
Direct calls for censorship match up with previous reports.
India’s contact tracing app is increasingly mandatory
The “unhackable” app has already been hacked.
Indian city Rajkot caught putting names and addressees of coronavirus infected on Google Maps
Authorities are accused of being lax with user data.
YouTube: strict coronavirus misinformation policy applies to even the comment section and leaders of nations
YouTube will delete anyone who goes against their rules.
WhatsApp was so desperate to suppress conspiracy theories it suppressed everything
Facebook is taking a sledgehammer approach to even private conversations.
Signal’s Brian Acton: It’s not up to technologists to be the ones to render judgment
“I don’t like being a nanny company.”
India’s Prime Minister Modi considers deleting social media accounts
Modi didn’t say why.
TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook sued in India for allowing “anti-nationalist content”
Pressures for social networks to censor is increasing.