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Investigation against Telegram is being conducted by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

His decision to repeatedly ignore requests from governments to better moderate content on his platform reached a tipping point this weekend, when he was detained in France

Telecom operators expect internet calling and messaging apps like WhatsApp, Google Meet, and Telegram to comply with rules in the same manner as all service providers do, industry body COAI said on Monday. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) -- whose members include Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, among others -- said it is misleading to demand to exclude over-the-top (OTT) communication apps from the Telecommunications Act 2023 as they are subject to other regulations because various non-sectoral rules apply on telecom operators as well. "COAI would like to state that the 'Security of the Country' is of utmost importance and in this regard, all communication service providers, including OTT-based communication services, should adhere to the requisite directives of the country as done by the Telecom Service Providers," COAI Director General SP Kochhar said. He said that telecom operators have invested heavily in setting up the infrastructure for lawful

Interestingly, WhatsApp also announced that it is allowing more participants in video calls. Now 32 people can get on a video call across all their devices

Introduced as part of Galaxy AI with the Galaxy S24 series, the on-device AI-based Live Translate feature worked only with Samsung's native dialler app. Now, it is set to expand to third-party apps

Enterprise messaging firm Route Mobile's public shareholders have tendered shares worth about Rs 2,500 crore at current price for the company's ongoing open offer, according to a regulatory filing. The open offer has been triggered with Belgium-based Proximus Group, through its subsidiary, initially acquiring a 57.56 per cent stake in enterprise messaging firm Route Mobile for Rs 5,922.4 crore in an all-cash deal. The acquisition has triggered an open market offer for the sale of 26 per cent of Route Mobile in compliance with regulatory guidelines. Depending on the outcome of the MTO (mandatory takeover offer), the stake held by Proximus Opal could further increase to around 75 per cent of Route Mobile's shares. "1,57,68,803 equity shares have been tendered in the Escrow Demat Account (with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)," Route Mobile said. The tendered period has closed now. Shares of Route Mobile closed at Rs 1,600.65 apiece, down 0.54 per cent, a

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new crop tool for the drawing editor in Windows beta

With the new change, the platform is also increasing the group description from 512 characters to 2048 characters

The plea was filed by Neetu Singh and KD Campus, seeking to restrain users from sharing their videos, lectures, and books on Telegram. The matter will be heard again on February 14 next year

The new feature will allow stories to automatically expire 24 hours after sharing, but anyone can manually delete them anytime before

Each handle that is placed up for bid will have an additional hour for final bidding and will end in a week

Businesses see it as a way to connect with customers; parent firm says there are easy ways to block an account

WhatsApp is working on a number of updates and improvements to enhance user experience and security on the platform, including an option to edit sent messages

The WhatsApp Call Links feature is rolling out in a staggered manner and the process may take a few days to reach everyone

Whatsapp will introduce its new fun feature . Users will be able to set a creative avatar as the profile picture. Read this article to know how you would be able to do it

The net loss of Snapchat widened to $422 million in Q2CY22, nearly tripling from $152 million in the same quarter in 2021

Along with chats, the users will also be able to transfer their account information, group chats, chat history

With the latest update, users can turn any sound into a notification tone, whether it is a short audio file, or a voice message

WhatsApp received grievances against 495 Indian accounts which appealed to ban 285 accounts, out of which 24 were banned

The ability to set cover photos is currently under development for WhatsApp Business Accounts