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Digital platforms have most problematic ads betting real estate cos most violative ASCI
Over two-thirds of the potentially violative ads on the digital...
E-commerce platforms must comply with guidelines on ‘dark patterns’: Food Minister Pralhad Joshi
E-commerce players need to submit an audit report to the department...
Delhi to have AI-based traffic system by 2024-end Official
Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Surender Singh Yadav said the government is putting a lot of emphasis on road safety due to the rising number of fatalities. “Around 2,300 crashes were reported in Delhi which accounted for 40 per cent pedestrian mishappenings....
Civil aviation ministry comes out with draft aircraft bill
As per the preamble of the Draft Aircraft Bill, 2023, it aims to have an Act to make better provisions for regulation and control of the design, manufacture, possession, use, operation, sale, import and export of aircraft and for connected matters New Delhi: The civil...
Digitally advanced countries trust less on artificial intelligence: Swiss Re report
The most AI-trusting people hail from emerging digital growth markets such as India, Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines and Argentina` `What is surprising in 'Decoding Digital Trust: A consumer perspective' is that countries with advanced levels of digital...
Top AI CEOs, experts raise ‘Risk of Extinction’ from AI
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” more than 350 signatories wrote in a letter published by the nonprofit Center for AI Safety (CAIS). Top artificial...
Taiwan rushes to prevent China from cutting off internet, phones
Audrey Tang, who heads Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs, says she wants the island’s $740 billion economy to be able to handle the possible collapse of all its communications in the event of an emergency by the end of next year Buffeted by earthquakes and the...
Census unlikely before Lok Sabha polls; citizens to be asked about smartphones, Internet, cereals
The questions in the Census include whether a family has a telephone line, Internet connection, mobile or smartphone, bicycle, scooter or motorcycle or moped, whether it owns a car, jeep or a van The citizens will also be asked what cereal they consume in the...
Data protection bill to drive deep behavioural changes for platforms exploiting data: Chandrasekhar
''Those who have done it (misused data), tracked consumers, used cookies they certainly will have to go though deep behavioural change… Those who are already doing it right, have nothing to fear. But those who have, in a sense, lived off this model of exploitation...
Rights of consumers to safe internet can never be compromised: Min Chandrasekhar on accountability of Big Tech
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,Minister of Information Technology ''…it is a commitment that we have to the people of India…1.2 billion Indians who are going to use the Indian internet, that we will keep the internet open for them. We will deliver safety and trust on the...
WTW unveils new financial product to protect intangible assets
An intangible asset is one that is not physical in nature but one that can hold significant value, and which can be created, transferred, bought or sold. Typical examples of intangible assets include intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, and...
Proposed Digital India Act will have huge section on online safety, trust: MoS IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State Electronics and Information Technology of India According to him, India is soon going to have 1.3 billion people accessing the internet and these Digital Naagriks should approach the internet without any fear and mistrust,...