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Fact-check: MP Nishikant Dubey’s claim on X community notes & Australian tax is false

Fact-check: MP Nishikant Dubey’s claim on X community notes & Australian tax is false

Dubey claims that the Parliament's Standing Committee on Communications and IT had recommended to MeitY that X get treated as a publisher, but the committee's report doesn't mention it. The post Fact-check: MP Nishikant Dubey’s claim on X community notes & Australian tax is false appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
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13 Apr 2026 | MediaNama India Asie-Pacifique
War as a Pretext: Gulf States Are Tightening the Screws on Speech—Again

War as a Pretext: Gulf States Are Tightening the Screws on Speech—Again

War does not only reshape borders. It also reshapes what can be seen, said, and remembered.  When governments invoke “misinformation” during wartime, they often mean something simpler: speech they do not control. Since the escalation of conflict between the United States, Israel, Iran, and related spillover attacks in the Gulf,...
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13 Apr 2026 | EFF Amérique N.
Hackers claim breach of Rockstar Games via cloud analytics platform

Hackers claim breach of Rockstar Games via cloud analytics platform

The ShinyHunters cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for breaching systems linked to video game developer Rockstar Games, threatening to release stolen data if a ransom is not paid.
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13 Apr 2026 | The Record International
Moving Goalposts: Football, Facial Recognition and the Expansion of Surveillance

Moving Goalposts: Football, Facial Recognition and the Expansion of Surveillance

Football in the UK is a central part of social and cultural life. Stadiums are sites of entertainment, community meeting points and places for fans to express themsleves. Decisions made in a sporting context carry significance beyond football itself.
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13 Apr 2026 | Privacy International International
“No scientific evidence”: 438 scientists call for pause on age-based controls until benefits and risks understood

“No scientific evidence”: 438 scientists call for pause on age-based controls until benefits and risks understood

A global coalition of experts urges a pause on age verification systems, warning they are easy to bypass, risk privacy, and may exclude users—raising concerns as India explores DigiLocker-linked age controls The post “No scientific evidence”: 438 scientists call for pause on age-based controls until benefits and risks understood appeared...
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13 Apr 2026 | MediaNama India Asie-Pacifique
Developer partially bypasses Google’s AI watermark, undermining detection India’s deepfake rules rely on

Developer partially bypasses Google’s AI watermark, undermining detection India’s deepfake rules rely on

An open-source GitHub tool partially bypasses Google’s SynthID, raising compliance concerns under India’s IT Amendment Rules 2026. The post Developer partially bypasses Google’s AI watermark, undermining detection India’s deepfake rules rely on appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
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13 Apr 2026 | MediaNama India Asie-Pacifique
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