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  • Singapore Cryptocurrency Guidelines: Government Bans Crypto Players From Promoting DPT Services via Ads

    Singapore, January 18: After India, Singapore has now warned cryptocurrency and digital token providers not to promote or advertise their digital tokens via various media platforms to the general public. In new guidelines, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that digital payment token (DPT or more commonly known as cryptocurrency) service providers should not promote their DPT services to the general public in Singapore.

    The new guidelines also apply to banks and payment institutions that offer such services. These will further be expanded to include the transfer of cryptocurrencies and provision of wallet services. Singapore: Indian-Origin Cryptocurrency Investor Metakovan Buys USD 69.3 Million Artwork by Digital Artist Beeple.

    “The trading of cryptocurrencies is highly risky and not suitable for the general public. DPT service providers should therefore not portray the trading of DPTs in a manner that trivialises the high risks of trading in DPTs, nor engage in marketing activities that target the general public,” said Loo Siew Yee, MAS Assistant Managing Director (Policy, Payments and Financial Crime).

    DPT service providers include payment institutions, banks and other financial institutions, as well as applicants under the Payment Services Act (PS Act). The authority warned that trading cryptocurrencies is “highly risky” and not suitable for the general public, as the prices of crypto are subject to sharp speculative swings.

    “MAS has observed that some DPT service providers have been actively promoting their services through online and physical advertisements or through the provision of physical automated teller machines (ATM) in public areas. This could encourage consumers to trade DPTs on impulse, without fully understanding the attendant risks,” the authority said in a statement late on Monday.

    The new guidelines clarify that DPT service providers should not engage in marketing or advertising of DPT services via all kinds of advertisements, across the media as well as social media influencers. The Indian government in November last year raised concerns over crypto ads promising wild returns.

    Indian crypto players bombarded the public with advertisements across platforms — doubling down on their marketing spend when the cryptocurrencies are yet to be accepted as legal tender and lack legal framework and regulatory norms in the country.

    An advertisement by the Blockchain and Crypto Assets Council (BACC), a part of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) with industry players like CoinSwitch Kuber, CoinDCX, WazirX and Zebpay on board, had claimed that crores of Indians have invested over Rs 6 lakh crore in crypto assets to date.

    Meanwhile, the much-awaited ‘Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021’, did not make it to the table during the Winter Session of Parliament amid growing concerns over the misuse of digital coins on the Dark Web for terror acts and drugs trafficking by militant organisations, and for money laundering and hawala-based transactions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that all democratic countries need to work together on cryptocurrency and ensure that it does not end up in the wrong hands.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jan 18, 2022 11:17 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Chandigarh Lake Sports Complex Denies Issuing Guidelines for ‘Undergarments and Bad Words’, Says ‘Checking CCTV to Find Out Who Did This Mischief’

    Chandigarh Lake Sports Complex Denies Issuing Guidelines for ‘Undergarments and Bad Words’, Says ‘Checking CCTV to Find Out Who Did This Mischief’

    A notice of guidelines put up at Lake Sports Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh goes viral on social media.

    Anmol Deep, a trainer here, says, “We didn’t issue this. Somebody must have done this mischief as we remain closed on Monday, we’re checking CCTV footage to find out.” ‘Undergarments Approval Stamping’ And ‘Permitted Punjabi Bad Words’: Hilarious Notice Reportedly Put up by Chandigarh Lake Sports Complex Goes Viral After Journalist Shares Photo On Social Media.

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  • Twitter Shuts New York and San Francisco Offices in Response to New Guidelines Issued by CDC: Report

    Twitter Shuts New York and San Francisco Offices in Response to New Guidelines Issued by CDC: Report

    San Francisco: Twitter has announced to shut its offices in New York and San Francisco in response to the new guidelines issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The microblogging platform reopened the offices just two weeks ago on July 12. Twitter Shopping: Micro-Blogging Giant Working to Add New Feature ‘Shop Module’ for Brands.

    “Twitter has made the decision to close our opened offices in New York and San Francisco as well as pause future office reopenings, effective immediately,” a company spokesperson told TechCrunch on Wednesday. “We’re continuing to closely monitor local conditions and make necessary changes that prioritise the health and safety of our Tweeps,” the spokesperson added.

    “As our offices reopen, we will be requiring anyone coming to work at any of our US campuses to be vaccinated,” Facebook’s vice president of people Lori Goler told The Verge.

    Barely three months after suggesting that vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks, indoors or out, the US CDC has now recommended people to resume wearing masks amid the surging delta variant.

    The new guidance advised that people who live in high-transmission communities wear masks in indoor public spaces, even if they’ve been vaccinated. It also recommended that vaccinated people with vulnerable household members, including young children and those who are immunocompromised, wear masks indoors in public spaces.

    Other tech companies also took cognizance of the new CDC guidelines. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to the office in the later part of the year. From Thursday, Apple will require customers and staff at most of its more than 270 US retail stores to wear masks even if they are vaccinated.

    Facebook and Amazon have also confirmed similar policies around vaccination and wearing masks. Facebook will require its US employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 when they return to the office. Netflix will also require the casts and some crew on its productions in the US to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jul 29, 2021 11:31 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Blasts Twitter, Says It Failed to Comply With New Guidelines

    IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Blasts Twitter, Says It Failed to Comply With New Guidelines

    New Delhi, June 16: A day after micro-blogging platform Twitter said that it has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that the US-based company has failed to comply to the new intermediary guidelines.

    In a series of tweets, the minister came down hard on the platform over its reluctance to comply with the new norms.  Twitter Loses Its Status as Intermediary Platform in India Due to Non-compliance With New IT Rules

    “There are numerous queries arising as to whether Twitter is entitled to safe harbour provision. However, the simple fact of the matter is that Twitter has failed to comply with the Intermediary Guidelines that came into effect from the 26th of May,” Prasad said.

    He also said that Twitter was given multiple opportunities to comply with the same, however it has “deliberately chosen” the path of non-compliance.

    Observing that the culture of India varies like its large geography, he said in another tweet: “In certain scenarios, with the amplification of social media, even a small spark can cause a fire, especially with the menace of fake news. This was one of the objectives of bringing the Intermediary Guidelines.”

    “What happened in UP was illustrative of Twitter’s arbitrariness in fighting fake news. While Twitter has been over enthusiastic about its fact checking mechanism, it’s failure to act in multiple cases like UP is perplexing & indicates its inconsistency in fighting misinformation,” he said.

    Prasad said that it is astounding that Twitter which portrays itself as the flag bearer of free speech, chooses the path of deliberate defiance when it comes to the intermediary guidelines.

    “Further, what is perplexing is that Twitter fails to address the grievances of users by refusing to set up process as mandated by the law of the land. Additionally, it chooses a policy of flagging manipulates media, only when it suits, its likes and dislikes,” he said.

    Further, in another development, official sources have said that Twitter has lost its status as intermediary platform in India as it has not complied with new guidelines.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 16, 2021 01:00 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Search Engine Not Classified as Part of New IT Intermediary Guidelines 2021, Says Google

    Search Engine Not Classified as Part of New IT Intermediary Guidelines 2021, Says Google

    New Delhi: Google on Wednesday clarified that its Search engine is not classified to be part of the new IT intermediary guidelines 2021, urging the Delhi High Court to set aside an order that puts Google Search as part of the new IT rules. The single judge order on April 20 came in a case where a woman’s images were uploaded on a pornographic website and despite court orders, the objectionable content could not be removed in entirety from the internet. A Google spokesperson told IANS that Search engines are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the internet. WhatsApp Users Have Nothing To Fear About New IT Rules, Says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

    “While we maintain a consistent policy over removal of objectionable content from search results, the Delhi High Court order has cast certain obligations that would wrongly classify Google search as a social media intermediary,” a Google spokesperson told IANS. “We’ve filed an appeal against this part of the order and look forward to explaining the steps we take to remove objectionable content from Google search results,” the company spokesperson added.

    A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh has issued notice to the Union government, Delhi government, Facebook, the pornographic site and Internet Service Providers Association of India, seeking their responses to Google’s plea by July 25. The Google spokesperson said that the “direction also requires proactively identifying and globally disabling access to any content which may be similar to the offending content, that may appear on any other websites/online platforms, or in any other context”.

    The new rules notified in the gazette of India on February 25 under the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, came into effect from May 26. While Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, Telegram, LinkedIn etc have either fully or partially complied with the new IT rules, Twitter has reiterated to comply with the new IT intermediary guidelines in India as the Delhi High Court issued notice on a plea against the non-compliance by Twitter India and Twitter Inc.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 02, 2021 03:13 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Twitter Requests IT Ministry To Consider 3-Month Extension To Comply With India’s New Guidelines, Says Concerned Over Potential Threat to Freedom of Expression

    Twitter Requests IT Ministry To Consider 3-Month Extension To Comply With India’s New Guidelines, Says Concerned Over Potential Threat to Freedom of Expression

    New Delhi, May 27: With WhatsApp suing the Indian government over the new IT rules for social media platforms, Twitter on Thursday requested the IT Ministry to consider a minimum of three-month extension in order for the company to implement the new intermediary guidelines.

    Twitter, which witnessed a police raid on its offices in Delhi and Gurugram early this week related to the alleged Congress toolkit controversy, said that it reaffirms that Twitter continues to accept grievances from users and law enforcement via its existing grievance redressal channel available under the new IT Rules. Twitter Issues Statement on New IT Rules in India and Raid on Its Office, Alleges Threat to Freedom of Speech

    Stressing that it will strive to comply with applicable law in India, a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement that right now, “we are concerned by recent events regarding our employees in India and the potential threat to freedom of expression for the people we serve”.

    “We, alongside many in civil society in India and around the world, have concerns with regards to the use of intimidation tactics by the police in response to enforcement of our global Terms of Service, as well as with core elements of the new IT Rules,” Twitter said in its first reaction after the police raids on its offices.

    On Monday, Delhi Police visited Twitter India’s local offices in the National Capital Region after Twitter had marked one of the tweets of BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as “manipulated media”.

    Twitter’s presumptive judgement has triggered widespread outrage among Indian users across the country.

    The company spokesperson said that it plans to advocate for changes to elements of these regulations that inhibit free, open public conversation.

    “We will continue our constructive dialogue with the Indian government and believe it is critical to adopt a collaborative approach. It is the collective responsibility of elected officials, industry, and civil society to safeguard the interests of the public,” the spokesperson said.

    The new rules notified in the gazette of India on February 25 under the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, came into effect from May 26.

    WhatsApp has moved the Delhi High Court against the new IT rules for intermediaries, saying these would violate privacy.

    Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government is committed to the right to privacy, but simultaneously it also has to maintain law and order and ensure national security.

    The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has written to the social media platforms, directing them to respond on their compliance to the new digital rules as soon as possible.

    Facebook has said that the company aims to comply with the provisions of the new intermediary guidelines and is working towards it.

    Twitter said in its fresh statement that it is particularly concerned about the requirement to make an individual (the compliance officer) criminally liable for content on the platform, the requirements for proactive monitoring, and the blanket authority to seek information about our customers.

    “This represents dangerous overreach that is inconsistent with open, democratic principles,” the company argued.

    “We urge the Ministry of Electronics and IT to publish these Standard Operating Protocols on procedural aspects of compliance for public consultation. We would request the Ministry to consider a minimum of 3 months extension in order for Twitter to implement the Rules”.

    Twitter was recently served with a non-compliance notice and have withheld a portion of the content identified in the blocking order under its ‘Country Withheld Content’ policy.

    “The content identified was originally reported to us in the blocking orders issued since February 2021. We maintain that the content reported in the original order constitutes protected, legitimate free speech, under Indian and international law, and we have formally communicated this to the government,” the company informed.

    Twitter said that it has not taken any action on verified accounts that consist of news media entities, journalists, activists and politicians.

    “The escalated content constitutes legitimate free speech. Yet, due to the law’s limited scope under Section 69A which gives limited room to an intermediary to defend the content, we have been compelled to withhold in response to a non-compliance notice. Not doing so poses penal consequences with many risks for Twitter employees,” the company noted.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on May 27, 2021 02:08 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Facebook & Twitter Likely To Face a Ban in India if Failed To Comply With New Intermediary Guidelines: Report

    Facebook & Twitter Likely To Face a Ban in India if Failed To Comply With New Intermediary Guidelines: Report

    Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are likely to be banned in India if they do not comply with new intermediary guidelines. In February 2021, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) had provided a three-month time to the social media platforms to comply with the new IT rules and regulations. As per the new rules announced by MeitY, the social media platforms will have to elect compliance officers from India who will keep a check on the complaints, monitor content and remove it if objectionable. Such rules are not only applicable to social media channels but also on OTT platforms. Facebook Says ‘Working to Implement Operational Processes and Improve Efficiencies’ As India’s New IT Rules Come Into Effect.

    The deadline to accept the rules set by the government is today but neither Facebook and Twitter have complied with the new guidelines. Koo, the Indian alternative of Twitter is the only social platform that has complied with the new rules of the Indian government. As per a report, if social media companies fail to obey new rules, they will lose their status as intermediaries and criminal action could be taken against them.

    A new report has revealed that as per new rules of the government, streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and others will also have to follow and appoint an officer based in India who will monitor the content, take care of the complaints and act on them in 15 days. The Indian government has been watching that the streaming platforms do not have a code of self-regulation and therefore, it demands the companies to appoint representatives to form a jury to regulate the content.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on May 25, 2021 04:49 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Amazon Prime Stops Monthly Subscription in India; Leaves Users With 2 Options Due to RBI Guidelines

    Amazon Prime Stops Monthly Subscription in India; Leaves Users With 2 Options Due to RBI Guidelines

    Washington, May 17: Video streaming platform Amazon Prime will now only offer a three-month subscription and an annual subscription to users.

    As per Mashable, the tech giant has taken the decision due to the Reserve Bank of India’s recent mandate on recurring transactions.

    Amazon will now just offer a three-month membership and a yearly subscription for Prime Video. The move would be a blow for early adopters who could get the premium service out earlier for as low as Rs 129 a month.

    Mashable cited RBI guidelines in a Gadgets360 report. The new rules from RBI require banks and monetary organizations to present an additional step of authentication for processing recurring online transactions. Reliance Jio To Provide 300 Minutes of Free Outgoing Calls to JioPhone Users and Buy-One-Get-One With Every Plan.

    According to the RBI order, “arrangements/practices not compliant with AFA would not be continued beyond 31st March 2021.”

    This deadline was subsequently updated to September 2021 to permit more institutions more time to comply and avoid any inconvenience to the user. The mandate formulated by RBI probably means to reinforce the safety and security of card transactions for clients, particularly concerning repeating exchanges of high value.

    Under the new standards, banks should notify customers beforehand with respect to any due repeated payment.

    The transaction will just happen once the client has confirmed the exchange and approved it. In addition, the banks should send clients a one-time password (OTP) to hold out a repetitive payment of more than Rs 5000.

    Per Mashable, the e-commerce giant has already updated its FAQ page to display the evacuation of the monthly membership plan for Amazon Prime. Amazon has additionally briefly stopped its free trial offered to new Prime members.

    Amazon presently has two membership options – subscribe to the three-month plan, priced at Rs 329, or opt for the annual plan, priced at Rs 999.

    (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, Morning Tidings Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

  • Film federation lays new guidelines for shooting amid rise in COVID-19 cases

    Film federation lays new guidelines for shooting amid rise in COVID-19 cases

    The film and TV industry has been badly hit due to the rising COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, and particularly Mumbai

    The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has formed a “monitoring team” to ensure that all COVID-19 shooting guidelines — including safety precautions on set, avoiding filming of crowd sequences — are strictly followed amid the surge in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra.

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    The film and TV industry has been badly hit due to the rising COVID-19 cases in the state and particularly the capital city.

    Several on-ground productions like “Ram Setu”, “Gangubai Kathiawadi” and Dharma Productions-backed “Mr Lele” halted shoots after their leading actors, including Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal and Bhumi Pednekar tested positive for coronavirus.

    Apart from the actors, as many as 45 members of Kumar’s “Ram Setu” have also tested positive for the novel coronavirus, reportedly.

    According to a statement from the FWICE on Friday, the office-bearers had a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and assured him that the industry will be “responsible” in following the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure).

    “FWICE in coordination with experts has laid down guidelines which all people involved in pre-production, shooting and post-production work will have to adhere to. These guidelines as of now will be applicable till April 30,” the statement read.

    According to the new guidelines, shooting of crowd sequences and songs with dancers in large numbers will not be allowed.

    “Wearing of masks and continuous sanitization are compulsory on the sets, in production offices, and in post-production studios.

    “An FWICE monitoring team has been constituted to visit sets and post-production studios regularly to check that all guidelines are being followed. Any individual or production unit flouting the rules or creating any kind of hindrance in the adherence of the guidelines will face disciplinary action,” the statement read.

    The Maharashtra government on Sunday announced a weekend lockdown in the state from 8 pm on Friday to 7 am on Monday in a bid to curb the growing numbers of COVID-19 cases.

    “Shooting, setting, pre-production activities should be avoided during this period (of weekend lockdown). It is permissible to shoot from Monday to Friday. All members are hereby advised to schedule their shootings as per the above permissible days,” the statement added.

    The statement was signed by B N Tiwari, FWICE President, Ashok Dubey, General Secretary, Gangeshwar Srivastav, Treasurer and chief advisors Sharad Shelar and filmmaker Ashok Pandit.

    Maharashtra reported 56,286 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking its caseload to 32,29,547. Mumbai, meanwhile, saw a single-day spike of 8,938 cases.

  • ‘Nirbhaya guidelines violated in Jakholi investigation’

    ‘Nirbhaya guidelines violated in Jakholi investigation’

    A Bengaluru lawyer has alleged that the guidelines issued after the Nirbhaya rape case were violated in the sex CD scandal with former BJP minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.

    Advocate KN Jagdish Kumar on Wednesday pleaded with the City Police Commissioner to give protection to the woman in the CD.

    He said in his petition to the commissioner that the police and the government were obliged to provide protection to the woman, who had accused Ramesh Jarkiholi in his recent video of cheating and sexual harassment.

    The petition states that instead of considering his statement as evidence and registering a case against Ramesh Jarkiholi, the government is providing security and treating others.

    He also questioned the “failure” of the police to register an FIR on the scam and when the scam came to light and the audio and video clip of Mr. Jarkholi’s conversation with the woman was presented by CD Dinesh Kallahalli.

    “When Ramesh Jarkholi filed a complaint, the police filed an FIR, but when Dinesh Kallahalli filed a complaint demanding a detailed investigation or when the woman requested protection, why are they not doing so. “

    In a recent video, the victim requested the home minister for protection. Based on this, the police should take cognizance and register Su moto In the case, instead of starting a witch hunt and treating the woman as an accused, the petition states. He urged the police to register a case against Mr. Zarakiholi.

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