Govt bans 20 YouTube channels, two websites under new IT rules

 The Youtube channels and the websites were allegedly running anti-India content from Pakistan.

20 YouTube channels and two websites on Monday were taken down by India after the Union government, for the first time, invoked the emergency powers under the intermediary guidelines and digital media ethics code in the IT Act that was notified recently, according to a news report in Economic Times. The YouTube channels and the websites were allegedly running anti-India content from Pakistan.

According to the newspaper, I&B secretary Apurva Chandra directed YouTube and the Department of Telecom to ban the content as it infringes upon the sovereignty and integrity of India.

I&B officials said that the ‘anti-India content’ was being run by Pakistan with the help of Inter-Services Intelligence. One of the groups identified on YouTube was ‘Naya Pakistan‘ that had more than 2 million subscribers and was running ‘false news’ on various issues such as Kashmir, farmers protests in India, Article 370, and Ayodhya. The total subscriber base of these YouTube channels is estimated to be more than 3.5 million and have a total viewership of 500 million, according to the officials.

Sadhvi Pragya: From impact charged to Digvijaya Singh’s rival in Bhopal

Pragya has a place with Bhind region of Madhya Pradesh where her dad was an ayurvedic specialist. Her dad who additionally was an individual from RSS and that conveyed her near conservative belief system

Elections 2019: Following a month of dawdling, the BJP has chosen to field Pragya Singh Thakur, otherwise known as Sadhvi Pragya, from the prominent Bhopal Lok Sabha voting public. She will take on Congress veteran and previous Madhya Pradesh boss clergyman Digvijaya Singh.

In any case, she was not the conspicuous decision for the gathering. First Uma Bharati and afterward Shivraj Singh Chouhan proclaimed that they won’t challenge from Bhopal. The gathering was in a problem when Pragya Singh Thakur’s name surfaced. Thakur gloated on Wednesday, “Murmur Yeh Dharmyuddh jeetenge (We will win this campaign).”

Thakur came into the spotlight in 2008 when she was captured for her supposed contribution in the Malegaon impacts. She was secured after an uncommon court had encircled charges against Sadhvi Pragya, Lieutenant-Colonel Prasad Purohit and five others for dread exercises, criminal intrigue, and murders.

Thakur has a place with Bhind locale of MP where her dad was an ayurvedic specialist. Her dad who additionally was an individual from the RSS and that conveyed her near conservative belief system in all respects right off the bat in her life.

A tomboyish Thakur cherished wearing pants shirts and riding motorbikes. She was a functioning individual from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) amid her school days. She was additionally connected with Durga Vahini. Thakur finished her lords ever. She was before long seen for her searing disposition and fiery discourses. In 2002 she likewise shaped an association, which as per her, used to ‘salvage’ young ladies who ran off with young men of different networks…

Facebook to introduce Clear History privacy tool in coming months

Facebook is developing the feature in response to an outcry about data collection and privacy on its sites

Facebook Inc. is going to let users see which websites and apps send the social network data on their activity — and then give them the option to delete it, with a new “clear history” tool.

The Menlo Park, California-based company is developing the feature in response to an outcry about data collection and privacy on its sites, following revelations that an outside developer improperly handled personal information on tens of millions of users. The crisis has spawned questions from lawmakers and privacy advocates about who owns the data that users share on Facebook, and the company has taken other steps to address the concerns, including pausing some developer tools and auditing apps on its platform.

“The past several weeks have made clear that people want more information about how Facebook works and the controls they have over their information," Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan wrote in a blog post on Tuesday, just as the company kicked off its F8 annual developer conference. “If you clear your history or use the new setting, we’ll remove identifying information so a history of the websites and apps you’ve used won’t be associated with your account.”

It will take months to build the new Clear History feature, Egan wrote, adding that the company will work with privacy advocates, academics, policy makers and regulators for input on how to remove personal information.

Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he learned, while testifying in front of Congress last month, that he didn’t have clear enough answers to questions about data and Facebook should offer users this kind of option to control their information.

Zuckerberg risks a night at Big Ben

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has been asked again to appear before British lawmakers, or risk a formal summons. If he refuses that, Parliament could demand Zuckerberg spend the night in the clock tower.The penalties for holding Parliament in contempt vary. Technically — though very unlikely — the House of Commons could call Zuckerberg to appear before them and berate him for his behavior. Zuckerberg may be issued with a fine, although this penalty hasn’t been used since 1666. As a last resort, lawmakers could threaten to send him to the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster — more commonly known as Big Ben — a resort not used since 1880.