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WhatsApps end-to-end encryption relies on the generation of unique security keys, using the Signal protocol that are traded and verified between users to guarantee communications are secure.

China blocks WhatsApp ahead of Communist Party congress

Chinese authorities appear to have disrupted WhatsApp in the latest step to tighten censorship ahead of Communist Party...

26 Sept 2017 9:50 AM IST

The cover art of the Grammy-nominated album displays stylized images of nude children climbing the rocks at Northern Irelands Giants Causeway.

Facebook reverses ban on album cover featuring naked children

The cover of the Led Zeppelin album Houses of the Holy are permitted on Facebook.

22 Jun 2019 1:06 PM IST

A picture shows a surveillance camera in an underground passage in Moscow on January 27, 2020. - A vast and contentious network of facial-recognition cameras keeping watch over Moscow is now playing a key role in slowing the rapid spread of coronavirus in Russia. (Photo | AFP)

Privacy could become the next victim of the coronavirus as governments...

Authoritarian regimes such as China use COVID-19 as a pretext to suppress independent speech and restrict fundamental...

29 March 2020 12:12 PM IST

In May last year, Minecraft said 176 million copies of the game have been sold since its launch a decade ago.

Tech on the side of press freedom: Censored articles concealed in...

Work by banned, exiled or killed journalists in five countriesEgypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Vietnamare on an...

15 March 2020 3:56 PM IST

Parler is not the first social platform created over concerns of political bias. It follows the limited success of networks including Gab and Voat which aimed at conservatives feeling out of place on the mainstream platforms. Parler has become home to Republican lawmakers including Senator Rand Paul, and right-wing activists kicked off other social media. Trumps son Eric is also a member. (Representative Image)

Facebook and Twitter rejects populate conservative social network of...

Parler, founded in Nevada in 2018, bills itself as an alternative to ideological suppression at other social networks.

8 July 2020 4:57 PM IST

Since the misinformation law came into force last year, several opposition figures and activists have been ordered to correct posts while Facebook has been forced to block pages on several occasions. (Photo | Flickr - Newtown Grafitti)

Ahead of polls, Singapore government uses misinformation law to rein...

Under the law, ministers can order social media sites to put warnings next to posts the government considers false and...

3 July 2020 5:10 PM IST

A city court had directed the police to lodge an FIR against them for alleged violation of aircraft rules, tampering with evidence and intimidating a doctor working with Air India in January, 2017. (Representational image)

Craftsmanship of writer to be respected: SC dismisses plea to ban...

A bench headed by Chief justice Dipak Misra said a book must not be read in a 'fragmented manner' but as a whole.

5 Sept 2018 11:39 AM IST

Controversy Erupts as Universities Allocate Funds for Revising Classic Works Amid Concerns About Sensitivity. (image: Freepik)

Farrukh Dhondy | Are V.S. Naipaul, R.L. Stevenson, Blyton becoming...

Preserving Literature or Perpetuating Censorship? The Debate Over Revisionism in Academic Circles

19 April 2024 11:47 PM IST

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das (Photo: PTI)

Jharkhand bans book for 'hurting' Santhali women's dignity

Earlier in the day, the matter was raised in the state Assembly and the members demanded action against the writer.

12 Aug 2017 12:41 PM IST

Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook dismissive of censorship, abuse concerns, rights groups...

Facebook has been persistently criticized in the past year over how it polices everything.

19 Jan 2017 7:43 AM IST

A photograph used for representative purposes only, showing various serials on channels that are subject to censorship.

The X men of telly

Silence. Beeps. Chop-a-thons. Television entertainment is weighing down on an individual's psyche with self-censorship.

19 March 2017 12:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

External control of media not good for society: Narendra Modi

Prime Minister advises self-regulation by media, says the press must make appropriate changes with time.

16 Nov 2016 4:29 PM IST