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Govt appoints nodal officers to issue direction against film piracy

In a bid to curb film piracy, the government on Friday said it has appointed nodal officers who have been empowered to issue directions to take down pirated content from digital platforms. This move by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has provided an institutional mechanism to take action against film piracy which is estimated to cause the entertainment industry losses to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore every year. "We have fulfilled a big demand of the industry," Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters here. He said the government has appointed 12 nodal officers in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Central Bureau of Film Certification (CBFC) with whom complaints related to film piracy can be lodged and action will be taken within 48 hours. "Piracy is a big menace not only for the film industry, but for the entire world. Now, action against it is just a complaint away," Thakur said. Officials said any original copyright holder or a

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Instagram expands short-post feature 'Notes' for users in Europe, Japan

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Google terminates thousands of accounts pushing Chinese disinformation

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A network issue caused the mega outage at Microsoft services like Teams, Xbox Live, Outlook and Microsoft 365 suite as millions of users globally, including in India, were left in the lurch