Digital Regulation

The new WhatsApp and Meta AI feature uses Private Processing to keep AI chats temporary, encrypted and inaccessible to Meta.

Plan would let senior officials bypass Information Technology Ministry's central approval, widening state control over online content.

Move reflects growing tension between privacy protections and online safety enforcement

Messaging app withdraws appeal and agrees to implement consent safeguards as Supreme Court hears cross-appeals in privacy dispute.

New IT rules bring AI generated content under tighter scrutiny and mandate rapid removal of deepfakes and unlawful posts