4+ hour, 48+ min ago  (467+ words) You can read the FTC complaint against Amazon here. What the US law says: Under Section 609(e) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a business entity is required to provide identity theft victims with application and business transaction records evidencing any…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago  (403+ words) The study follows a directive IRDAI issued in April, which instructed insurers to comply with the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) dark patterns guidelines, conduct self-assessments within 15 days, and submit action plans wherever they identified compliance gaps. What consumers reported?...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1112+ words) And perhaps its biggest battle is against Zostel, which is gunning for a 7% equity stake in OYO. Read our full coverage of Zostel's dispute with OYO here. To be sure, Zostel has challenged the Delhi High Court ruling that set…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1010+ words) This post is about our recent ICWSM paper, where we tried an intervention to reduce support for internet shutdowns. Paperandvideo recording. The core idea was that even though internet shutdowns are highly prevalent, there is a lot of support for…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago  (283+ words) A court-ordered version of a wider pattern: Compelled disclosure of X user data has become a recurring means of unmasking critics in India, largely driven by police investigations: The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) called the Telangana notice an illegal abuse…...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago  (412+ words) Watch Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister's announcement here: [You Tube video | English translation by Sarvam] Both arrests were reportedly linked to political commentary against AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. Why AP police arrested Raavan…...

10+ hour, 31+ min ago  (247+ words) You can access the press release of the court order from here. Background: The lawsuit was filed in 2022 by Price Runner, which is now owned by Klarna. The company sought about 78-80 billion Swedish kronor, including interest, arguing that Google's search…...

11+ hour, 7+ min ago  (138+ words) Provisions invoked by the Ministry: A "license raj" for software features: Writing for the Economic Times, Nikhil Pahwa, founder of Media Nama, argued that the backlash against Whats App's usernames feature was misplaced, noting that "both Telegram and Signal have…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (846+ words) PRISM, the parent company of OYO, flagged an ongoing legal dispute with Zostel as a potential risk to its business in its initial public offer (IPO) documents filed on Monday. "Any adverse outcome in legal proceedings involving Zostel may materially…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (540+ words) The Transfer Station Economy, Explained Meanwhile, every layer of control frontier US AI companies have added (geoblocking, phone verification, credit card requirements, and now live biometric KYC checks) has produced a corresponding layer of evasion infrastructure. These new SMS farms…...