Kamya Pandey / MediaNama: India's Department of Telecommunications directs WhatsApp and other messaging apps to implement SIM binding to ensure each account remains tied to an active SIM — The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to make it impossible …
Kamya Pandey / MEDIANAMA: A look at India's draft DPDP Rules, which require platforms to verify the age and identity of a parent when obtaining consent to process data of users under 18 — The newly released draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 say that online platforms must check the age …
Aroon Deep / MediaNama: Twitter complies with an emergency order from India and hides 50+ tweets, some of which were critical of Modi's handling of COVID-19, from users in the country — You're reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised India's handling …
Aroon Deep / MediaNama: To pre-empt government censorship, 15 OTT services in India, including Disney Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and MX Player adopt a self-regulation code — Fifteen Indian streaming services and digital content companies have adopted a self-regulation code to pre-empt government censorship …
Soumyarendra Barik / MediaNama: India bans another 188 Chinese apps, including PUBG, Baidu, and Alipay, saying widespread concerns were flagged against the blocked apps — India on Wednesday banned 118 more apps, including popular gaming app PUBG, for allegedly being engaged in activities which are “prejudicial to sovereignty …
Aroon Deep / MediaNama: Flipkart buys Walmart's Indian wholesale arm and launches Flipkart Wholesale, an e-commerce service for small traders, to compete with JioMart — Flipkart has launched Flipkart Wholesale, an e-commerce platform for small retailers and kirana shops, the company announced on Thursday.
Aroon Deep / MediaNama: Zomato says its FY 2020 revenue was $394M, up 105% YoY, and EBITDA loss reached $293M vs. $277M in FY 2019, as Zomato Gold/Pro had 1.7M subscribers as of March — “While FY19 saw hyper-competition between four well-funded food delivery players, FY20 ended with a two player market structure …