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AI Copyright Showdown 2026: Why Anthropic Paid $1.5B in the US While OpenAI Won in India
Laws and Policies (USA & India)1 Aug 2026

AI Copyright Showdown 2026: Why Anthropic Paid $1.5B in the US While OpenAI Won in India

In a tale of two distilleries, a U.S. court ruled Anthropic's Claude was exceedingly transformative but fined it $1.5 billion for bootlegging the mash, while Delhi ruled OpenAI's ChatGPT left no trace of ANI's spirit in its final pour. AI law now has a single question: was your distillation licensed?

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Kerala Designates Cyber Operations Division as State Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (S4C)
Laws and Policies (India)24 Jul 2026

Kerala Designates Cyber Operations Division as State Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (S4C)

S4C is the structured state-level arm of India’s national cybercrime coordination framework. In Kerala, it formalises and strengthens the role of the Police Cyber Operations Division as the official state nodal body for cybercrime coordination with I4C.

G.O.(Ms) No. 131/2026/HOMERead
Assam Notifies State Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (S4C) Under CID to Combat Digital Frauds
Laws and Policies (India)23 Jul 2026

Assam Notifies State Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (S4C) Under CID to Combat Digital Frauds

State Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (S4C) in India, an initiative to enhance state-level digital crime fighting and law enforcement synergy.

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Meta Mandates AI Disclosure Labels for Ads Targeting India
Laws and Policies (India)16 Jul 2026

Meta Mandates AI Disclosure Labels for Ads Targeting India

Meta now requires advertisers running campaigns in India to declare if their ads use AI-generated or AI-edited media, adding an “AI info” label to boost transparency under the country’s new synthetic content rules.

Public Policy Research from Ministry of Cyber AffairsRead
India Bolsters Digital Forensics Capabilities with Six New Institutions for Electronic Evidence Examination
Laws and Policies (India)14 Jul 2026

India Bolsters Digital Forensics Capabilities with Six New Institutions for Electronic Evidence Examination

Six specialized institutions — Navy Cyber Lab (Delhi), DFSL Mumbai, NFSU Goa, State FSL Jaipur, CFSL Kolkata, and BSF Central Drone Forensic Lab — have been notified as Examiners of Electronic Evidence under Section 79A of the IT Act. Published in the Gazette on 13 July 2026, these notifications significantly strengthen and decentralize India’s digital forensics infrastructure across computer, mobile, and drone domains.

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Decoding the RBI's New Security Shield: What the Latest Anti-Fraud Mandates Mean for Your Digital Wallet
Laws and Policies (India)8 Jul 2026

Decoding the RBI's New Security Shield: What the Latest Anti-Fraud Mandates Mean for Your Digital Wallet

India's RBI has quietly built one of the world's most layered anti-fraud systems: the .bank.in domain, MuleHunter.AI, a telecom fraud signal, and tougher authentication. What each means for your digital wallet, and the one gap it still leaves.

RBI; RBIH; DoT; NPCI/PIB; UK PSR; MAS; ECBRead
Digital Professionalism in Medicine: What AIIMS’s New Social Media Guidelines Mean for You
Laws and Policies (India)26 Jun 2026

Digital Professionalism in Medicine: What AIIMS’s New Social Media Guidelines Mean for You

By a fellow future doctor, for every MBBS, MD, DM, and MCh student navigating the wards and the web

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You Got Tricked Into Paying. Can You Get Your Money Back? The Global Scam-Reimbursement Divide
Laws and Policies (Global)24 Jun 2026

You Got Tricked Into Paying. Can You Get Your Money Back? The Global Scam-Reimbursement Divide

When you authorise a scam payment yourself, are banks legally required to refund you? The answer splits sharply by country. A verified, country-by-country comparison of the world's scam-reimbursement laws.

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Block the App, Not Just the Post: How a Leaked Exam Got Telegram Switched Off Across India
Laws and Policies (India)22 Jun 2026

Block the App, Not Just the Post: How a Leaked Exam Got Telegram Switched Off Across India

The Delhi High Court upheld a nationwide, time-limited block of Telegram over NEET-UG 2026 exam-leak misuse, ruling that Section 69A can switch off an entire app, not just a post. What the judgment said, and why it matters.

Ministry of Cyber AffairsRead
UIDAI Migrates Aadhaar Services to New Mobile Application Platform
Laws and Policies22 Jun 2026

UIDAI Migrates Aadhaar Services to New Mobile Application Platform

The UIDAI is phasing out the legacy mAadhaar application as it transitions users to a new, updated mobile app infrastructure for Aadhaar-related services.

Ministry of Cyber AffairsRead
India's Delhi High Court Sets a Template for Tackling Phishing-as-a-Service
Laws and Policies (Global)14 Jun 2026

India's Delhi High Court Sets a Template for Tackling Phishing-as-a-Service

Free Platform as a Service Providers, Vercel (Defendant No. 2) and Netlify (Defendant No. 4), that turn source code into live, accessible websites — were each directed to take down specific clusters of infringing URLs within 36 hours. A new interim order against IndiaMART impersonators shows how judicial systems can hold modern web infrastructure accountable — and what regulators elsewhere should take note of

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The EU Just Defined 'High-Risk' AI — and Quietly Delayed the Rules
Laws and Policies (European Union)8 Jun 2026

The EU Just Defined 'High-Risk' AI — and Quietly Delayed the Rules

The European Commission published draft guidelines on what counts as 'high-risk' AI, even as a new deal pushes the EU AI Act's toughest obligations back to 2027.

Ministry of Cyber AffairsRead