WhatsApp policy is 'exploitative and exclusionary conduct': CCI

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Mar 25, 2021

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#IndiaTech

Twitter vows to take effective measures to curb politically manipulative, misleading content; It has detailed its policy and enforcement updates that the company is taking up for the upcoming Assembly Elections. (HT)

CCI states the new WhatsApp policy as 'exploitative and exclusionary conduct'; The regulator directs a detailed probe to find out the comprehensive impact of data sharing through involuntary consent of users. (HT)

Rapido ties with Zypp to launch a taxi ride service with electric bikes in India; This will be available in Delhi and NCR for a three-month-long pilot run. (HT)

#GlobalTech

Google signs an agreement with Italian publishers to showcase some of their content on the Google News Showcase platform; The platform has also signed similar deals with other news outlets in Germany, Brazil, Britain and other countries around the world. (HT)
Myanmar citizens started using the protester toolkit to prevent internet blackout; Protestors use the dark web to access the mirror site of Facebook, they are also relying on Bluetooth technology to continue messaging. (HT)
Google Chrome will start loading 90's HTTPS sites by default; This move from Google will make HTTPS browsing safer and faster. (HT)
Tesla now accepts Bitcoin as one of its modes of payment to buy its electric cars: Elon Musk; "You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin," Musk said on Twitter, adding that this option will be available outside the US. (HT)
Facebook is working on an app for prisoners reentering society; The Re-entry App's notification quoted help with “preparing for life after prison with community support.” (HT)

#BusinessNews

Former Salesforce executive Chitra Nayak becomes the independent director of Infosys; With 25 years of experience, she was involved in go-to-market, general management at various organisations. (MC)

Jubilant FoodWorks set to bring its food chain 'Popoye' to India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal; It already owns the franchises of fast food chains - Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts. (MC)

CBI registers case against DHFL for filing over 2.6 lakh fake home loan accounts; The company promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan are already facing cases in the Yes bank scam and UP power Corporation scam. (MC)
SEBI seeks asset attachments including bank accounts, share and mutual fund holdings of former Yes Bank MD and CEO Rana Kapoor; "By not disclosing about the transaction to Yes Bank's board of directors, Kapoor created an opaque layer between him and stakeholders and violated the provision of the LODR Regulation", Sebi quoted.(MC)

India enjoys an investment-grade rating, we cannot see a rating downgrade: FM Nirmala Sitharaman; In a debate, she defended that India faced low inflation, higher GDP growth with a surging rate of foreign investments and lower fiscal deficit.(MC)

#COVID19

So far, over 5.31 crore beneficiaries have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in the country; Second dose of vaccination started for people who have completed 28 days after receiving the first shot. (IE)
Covid-19 count crosses 50,000 cases in India since November 6; Maharashtra alone has reported 31,855 cases, with 2,965 fresh cases in Nagpur, 3,566 cases in Pune and 899 cases in Aurangabad. (IE)

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