This Article aims at addressing the various mechanisms that may be employed by different stake holders to address Fake News. Many of these issues were discussed as part of the BBC Conference on busting fake news, while other issues have been addressed as part of the general discussion on developing an ecosystem to  combat this issue. Election Commission: With Facebook’s plan of stating the sponsors of political posts (and/or the political party signs), aid is provided to the election commission in regard to checking political parties which may exceed campaign funding limits for indivi ..read more

Delhi High Court reccomends incorporating  OTP verification instead of biometric authentication.                                                                        https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/otp-authentication-better-than-biometric-for-aadhaar-verification-delhi-high-court/articleshow/66465317.cms The Bar Council of Delhi has sent a leg ..read more

Tinder trials extra control features for women.                             https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/a-swipe-is-not-enough-tinder-trials-extra-control-for-women/article25036310.ece?homepage=true Whatsapp appoints grievance officer for India.                              https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/whatsapp-appoints-grievance-officer-for-india/article25020220.ece?homepage=true &n ..read more

  DoT places facial authentication on hold pending the Supreme Courts verdict on the AADHAR verdict.                                                          https://www.medianama.com/2018/09/223-dot-facial-authentication-on-hold-aadhaar/ Online Pharmacy Netmeds acquires online health care platform JustDoc in $1 million deal.                      Â&nbs ..read more

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Twitter bans far right right activist Alex Jones.                                    https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/twitter-permanently-bans-far-right-alex-jones-infowars-citing-abuse/article24889360.ece Google rebrands its digital repayment app Tex to Google Pay.  https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/googles-payment-app-for-india-tez-becomes-google-pay/article24802168.ece Facebook expands its fact-checking programme to i ..read more

NATIONAL NEWS: SC clears malayalam novel “meesha” on the allegation of it being derogatory to certain classes of Hindu women.  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-clears-meesha-supports-free-flow-of-ideas/article24869968.ece?utm_source=pushnotifications&utm_campaign=pushnotifications&utm_medium=ALL_USER Fashion shows deemed taxable as entertainment by Karnataka High Court.  https://www.livelaw.in/fashion-show-is-an-entertainment-and-hence-is-taxable-karnataka-hc-read-judgment/ Petition in Bombay High Court against Salman Khan’s Loveratri For Defami ..read more

NATIONAL NEWS Supreme Court raises an inquest with regard to the governments plans of tracking citizens activity through a social media hub. https://www.livemint.com/Politics/Dg8XuocPJe7fYWPn8kSo9N/SC-likens-govt-social-media-hub-to-surveillance-state.html The Delhi High Courts asks lawyer to explain the basis of PIL filed with respect to airing of the Netflix original “Sacred Games”. https://www.medianama.com/2018/07/223-sacred-games-row-delhi-hc-asks-petitioner-to-justify-pil-kolkata-complaint-withdrawn/ Whatsapp introduces Forwarded feature in a bid to clamp down on spread of fake news and ..read more

NATIONAL NEWS Supreme Court orders BJP leader to seek Bail for sharing derogratory posts for women.                                                                                                  https://scroll.in/latest/881095/sc-denies-protection-from-arrest-to-bjp-leader-who-shared-offensive-post-abo ..read more

Arun Jaitley  and Arvind Kejriwal seek to compromise the defamation suit at the Delhi High Court.                                                                                         http://www.livelaw.in/jaitley-kejriwal-3-others-file-joint-plea-delhi-hc-compromise-defamation-suit-read-application/ Missing JNU student ..read more

Jio Music, the digital music service of the company will be combined with that of Saavn.                                                                                                            https://telecomtalk-info.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/telecomtalk.info/jiomusic ..read more