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Active internet users likely to reach 900 mn by 2025, rural may lead: IAMAI
According to the IAMAI report, rural India may have a higher number of internet users compared to urban centres by 2025 which indicates the need to strengthen the digital ecosystem in the country.
Published on Jun 03, 2021 03:54 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Pornography consumption has become widespread among young netizens, study
The findings of a new study published in the journal Policy and Internet have shown that 16-17 year olds have come across some or the other pornographic content at some point in their life on the internet.
Published on May 10, 2021 09:21 AM IST
ANI | , Washington
Gmail, Google Drive outage cause trouble for users across the world
A few minutes ago, the Google apps status page updated to confirm that they have received reports of an issue with Gmail and Google Drive.
Published on Aug 20, 2020 12:44 PM IST
New Delhi | Asian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Covid-19: What you need to know today
The US, the world’s largest economy and also its most powerful country, has been laid low by the disease, with around 5.2 million cases and around 167,000 deaths. India has thus far seen 2.4 million cases and around 47,000 deaths.
Updated on Aug 14, 2020 03:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | R Sukumar
Connectivity gets better but parts of India still logged out
The number of internet users in India has grown significantly in recent years, according to data compiled by the World Bank.
Updated on Aug 14, 2020 03:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, New Delhi
For Rediff boss, early success meant ignoring sceptics, self-learning tools
When he launched Rediff on the NeT, the internet was barely five months old in the country, and had a total of about 18,000 users.
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 04:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Natasha Rego
Construction hanging fire, Kharar flyover now a subject of viral memes
A meme is an idea, behaviour or style, in the form of an image, video or a piece of text, typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users
Published on Jan 14, 2020 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Idrees Bukhtiyar, Mohali
Cyber crimes against women, kids a major threat: Experts
They were speaking on the concluding day of a two-day conference on “Safety of women and children” in Panchkula.
Updated on Jan 11, 2020 04:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Rajesh Moudgil, Panchkula
Reconciling a child’s right to privacy and autonomy
The draft data protection bill should reconsider seeking parental consent for all online activities of adolescents
Published on Dec 18, 2019 06:56 PM IST
Rajesh Bansal and Arjun Kang Joseph
Google searches on Kashmir peaked after Article 370 move
The tool helps analyse the relative frequency of any search term over time on a scale of zero to 100, where 100 represents the highest level.
Updated on Sep 13, 2019 06:20 AM IST
New Delhi | Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa
Popular video platform LIKE gets rebranded as Likee to improve user experience
Look out for a new user interface, video display style and added features to curate diverse content from users.
Updated on Jul 17, 2019 10:20 AM IST
Promotional Feature, HT Brand Studio
‘Do you believe in UFOs?’: China hints at test of new missile
The People’s Liberation Army typically does not announce new missile tests, but occasionally drops hints about what it is up to, amid a massive modernisation push championed by President Xi Jinping to ramp up combat capabilities.
Published on Jun 04, 2019 03:19 PM IST
Beijing | Reuters
India adds 40 mn new internet users each year
This is due to the rise of the non-English speaking internet user. Google’s latest report said that nine out of 10 new internet users in India are likely to be Indian language users.
Updated on May 10, 2019 02:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Vidhi Choudhary
To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act
Look into the mechanisms that allow the government and ISPs to carry out online censorship without accountability
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 09:43 AM IST
Gurshabad Grover
Twitter warns Pakistani rights activists over government criticism
The warnings come a week after Twitter suspended the account of an ultra-right Pakistani cleric who issued threats to the government and judiciary over the acquittal of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy.
Published on Nov 12, 2018 08:37 PM IST
Islamabad | Reuters
There is no evidence that Internet shutdowns work
Extensive arguments have been made by many organisations and researchers, who have clearly established that Internet shutdowns, set a domino in motion that damages fundamental rights, the digital economy and in instances even public safety and order
Updated on Nov 12, 2018 05:30 PM IST
Apar Gupta and Raman Jit Singh Chima
Why data is the new oil
But a lot more needs to be done in terms of protection and localisation if India is to use the resource of data effectively in the future
Updated on Nov 09, 2018 06:03 PM IST
Why India should make online child safety a priority
There is enough evidence to show that the Internet and social media play a part in the radicalization of children and youth as they are vulnerable to cyberbullying, online sexual abuse and exploitation
Published on Jun 29, 2018 12:30 PM IST
Yasmin Ali Haque and Eric Falt
‘I am gay’ protests sweep China over ban on homosexual content on Weibo
Weibo said in a statement Friday it had begun a “clean-up campaign” to remove “illegal” content, including “manga and videos with pornographic implications, promoting violence or (related to) homosexuality”.
Updated on Apr 14, 2018 06:30 PM IST
Agence France-Presse, Beijing | Agence France-Presse