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Karnataka High Court stays order imposing Rs 50 lakh fine on X Corp

A division bench of the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed a single judge bench order that had imposed a cost of Rs 50 lakh on X Corp (formerly Twitter) for not complying with IT Ministry orders -- subject to the company depositing 50 per cent of the amount (Rs 25 lakh) within one week. The deposit is for X Corp to show its bonafides, the court said. The order of the single judge who had directed X Corp to deposit Rs 50 lakh by August 14 will be stayed till the next date of hearing. As such, on deposit of Rs 25 lakh, the order of the single judge bench is stayed until the next hearing date, the HC said. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice MGS Kamal was hearing a petition by the micro-blogging site against the order of Justice Krishna S Dixit which had dismissed its petition challenging the take-down orders on tweets (posts), URLs and hashtags. The single judge bench had also imposed a cost on the company in its judgment on June 30. On .

Threads rolls out new features, including 'share post to Instagram DMs'

Alongside, Meta has rolled out Threads support for rel=me links to help verify users' identity on platforms like Mastodon

Musk's X fined $350,000 in secret Justice Dept Fight over Trump records

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Twitter's objections to an order that prohibited the company from notifying anyone about the warrant

When will PM Modi act on Manipur crisis? Congress asks on Twitter

The Congress on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter when he would act on Manipur, even as it alleged there was a growing "mistrust" between the BJP governments in the state and the Centre. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Manipur was facing a brakdown of constitutional machinery after the Manipur Police filed an FIR against Assam Rifles. "This is the FIR filed by Manipur Police against Assam Rifles. The accompanying shrill rhetoric from the Manipur CM and those who surround him makes it clear that there's growing mistrust between the BJP government in the State and the BJP government in the Centre? "Is this not breakdown of Constitutional machinery? Is this the double engine governance that Manipur voted for," Ramesh said on Twitter. "When will the Prime Minister act," he said in the post, which carried the details of the FIR filed against Assam Rifles. Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi also said, "Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh is making serious ..

WhatsApp set to release group voice chats feature: Here's how it works

When a user starts a voice chat, the group icon in the chat list will change to a waveform icon and show a 'connect' button

They don't tolerate 'single engine' govts anywhere in India: Sibal's dig

With Parliament passing the contentious Delhi services bill, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday took a swipe at the Centre, saying they don't tolerate single engine governments anywhere in India. Parliament on Monday passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, that gives the central government control over bureaucrats in the Delhi government with the Rajya Sabha approving it with 131 votes in favour and 102 against. In a tweet, Sibal said, "NCT of Delhi (Amendment Bill) 2023 approved by Parliament. Allows Centre to control services of bureaucrats in the Delhi government to further emasculate the autonomy necessary for representative democracy." "They don't tolerate 'single engine' governments anywhere in India!" he said on Twitter. Sibal, who was a Union minister during UPA I and II, quit the Congress in May last year and was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent member with the Samajwadi Party's support. He has floated a ...

Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg cage fight confirmed, all you need to know

The cage fight is confirmed between two tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Musk has said the cage fight will be live-streamed on X

May need surgery, will get MRI on back, neck, says Musk before cage fight

The world's richest person said he will know this week whether surgery will be required, ahead of his proposed cage fight with Meta Platforms Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg

Elon Musk to fund legal bill of people treated unfairly due to posting on X

Musk on Sunday tweeted, "If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill. No limit. Please let us know"

Ukraine proposed peace formula to restore int'l rules-based order: Zelensky

Zelenskyy posted a video message on Twitter, saying that a total of 42 countries are represented at the peace talks in Jeddah and everyone is united by the priority of international law

Elon Musk's X challenges Delhi court ruling on content blocking orders

If X's appeal is rejected, the government "will be emboldened to issue more blocking orders" that violate law, said X's 96 page filing submitted by local law firm Poovayya & Co

Twitter files appeal in Karnataka HC against order dismissing its plea

Microblogging site Twitter (now X Corp) has approached the High Court of Karnataka against the earlier order of a single judge bench which had dismissed its petition challenging the Centre's blocking orders. The single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit had also imposed a cost of Rs 50 lakh on Twitter in its judgement on June 30. The appeal filed by Twitter will come up before a division bench of the High Court. Twitter's main contention was that Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) had issued blocking orders under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act without issuing notice to the account holders. The appeal filed on August 1 is yet to be listed for hearing by the High Court. The appeal challenges the imposition of the Rs 50 lakh cost as unjust and excessive and has sought an interim relief of keeping it in suspension. Twitter was ordered to pay the fine within August 14 by the single judge bench. The order had also specified that if Twitter fai

Elon Musk's X challenges India court ruling on content blocking orders

X, formerly known as Twitter, in July 2022 sought to overturn some government orders to remove content from its platform, without specifying which

X social media reveals reporting structure under Elon Musk: CEO Yaccarino

The company said both Musk and Yaccarino will oversee the trust and safety team, which is responsible for content moderation

We will not : X CEO Musk refuses incentives to move HQ from San Francisco

Taking to his official handle on X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk said he was being offered some rich incentives to move its headquarters out of San Francisco

Monthly users of X hits new high after organisational changes, claims Musk

Musk asserted the same by posting a graph of user statistics that indicated the most recent count to be above 540 million

X logo on Twitter building spurs officials to investigate permit violation

The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant X sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform. City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons. The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand's iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn't taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell. Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure consistency with the historic nature of the building and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week. Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said ...

Weekend Bites: Confidence motion, corporation action, and a cage fight

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

The X-factor in X

As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter and replaces its iconic bird logo with an X, here's unravelling the enigma of the 24th letter of the English alphabet

Meta plans retention 'hooks' for Threads as over half of users leave app

Zuckerberg said he considered the drop-off "normal" and expected retention to grow as the company adds more features to the app, including a desktop version and search functionality