Laws and Policies
Indian and international cyber laws, data protection regulations, and policy developments.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.