5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (455+ words) “The Press Club of India strongly condemns the suspension of the Instagram accounts of three independent journalists following their ground reporting from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, on a public health crisis involving the deaths of children from the Adivasi community.” The…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (196+ words) What has happened so far The matter is WP(Crl.) 1326/2026, before Justice G. Girish. Meta Platforms, state authorities, a cybercrime police station and Kapikad are among the respondents. Bar and Bench reported. No takedown has been ordered. Advocates P.T. Sheejish and Ayonna…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (511+ words) Meta has told the Delhi High Court that it blocked the Facebook page of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi after receiving a notice from a law enforcement agency, according to a Bar and Bench report. The page has remained…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (891+ words) You can access the government advisory from here Five days later, Reuters found at least 39 such ads still running. Meta removed them on August 31 — after Reuters asked about them. The company did not respond to Reuters’ questions about the removal…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (898+ words) That matters beyond the US. As MediaNama has reported, roughly $5.3 billion of Meta’s payment is conditional on YouTube and TikTok adopting similar safeguards. It could set an industry template before any government writes a comparable rule. India is one of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (522+ words) A Maharashtra government committee has recommended amending the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) to cover defamatory social-media posts. The Indian Express reported that the committee was set up in May 2026 to examine legal options for dealing with defamatory content online. It…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (372+ words) Update (August 20, 2026; 4:03 pm): Meta has restored the two accounts specified in the Supreme Court order. However, the account that MediaNama identified (@aapjamnagar) is still blocked in India. Despite the SC’s August 17 order to restore Gujarat’s regional accounts of Aam Aadmi…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1174+ words) Singapore has introduced new anti-scam requirements for major social media, messaging and e-commerce services. The rules put more responsibility on platforms to verify advertisers, restrict suspicious contacts and advertisements, and strengthen account security. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) issued three…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (272+ words) A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana heard the plea. Why were Meta and X made parties? Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioner, told the court that the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (525+ words) Opening arguments began Tuesday in a federal court in Oakland, California, in a case alleging that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children. Forbes reports that the trial may require the company to pay significant financial penalties…...