MediaNama in September 2026: the top 20 stories - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby medianama·4d ago
The 20 most-read MediaNama stories of September 2026. - Policybazaar mulls insurance manufacturing foray Policybazaar parent PB Fintech co-founder said their total revenue could “get compressed by...
What India’s IP data tells us about the next copyright debate
MediaNamaby Guest Author·7d ago
by Shivani Singh and Sonal Lalwani When music moved from CDs and downloads to streaming platforms, copyright law had to confront a new question: what does it mean to use a work when the technology...
WhatsApp introduces parental controls for pre-teen and teen accounts - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das·7d ago
WhatsApp has announced new parental account features for teens, while its parent-managed accounts for pre-teens are also rolling out gradually worldwide.
Why an ISP-level ban on obscene content cannot work
MediaNamaby Azdhan·7d ago
Former Central Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the enactment of three new laws to curb what he described as a “horrendous...
Amazon quick commerce grocery biz posts Rs 1158 cr loss in FY26
MediaNamaby Amit Singh·7d ago
Amazon’s quick commerce and grocery retail arm, Amazon Retail, which operates Amazon Now and Amazon Fresh, continued to face profitability challenges in FY26, with losses widening 194% year-on-year...
Network Slicing Should Not Dilute Net Neutrality, Stakeholders Tell TRAI
MediaNamaby Azdhan·7d ago
“We believe that this [Network Slicing], if allowed, will be a violation of the net neutrality guidelines, which prevent paid prioritisation on the basis of selected content,” said the Broadband...
Reddit to shut RSS feeds, close public API as bots scrape its data
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal·7d ago
Reddit will stop supporting Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds on November 13 and will close public access to its application programming interface (API) by March 2027.
JioStar wants fans to ask ChatGPT during live matches. Where does fans’ data go? - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·7d ago
At FICCI Frames in Mumbai on September 30, 2026, Ishan Chatterjee, JioHotstar’s Chief Executive Officer for Sports, announced that JioStar will deepen the ChatGPT assistant that it has already...
OpenAI launches Dots that keep working without user prompts
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter·7d ago
At DevDay 2026, OpenAI introduced dots: persistent AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra. These agents operate independently in the cloud and continue tasks without user prompts.
Hausla Empowered Season 2 #Ad - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby medianama·7d ago
Season 2 follows entrepreneurs working to make railways safer, improve Parkinson’s care, reduce farm losses and enable earlier disease detection.
Delhi HC Says Meta Exempt From De-Indexing in Right to Be Forgotten Case
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das·7d ago
The Delhi High Court has clarified that its directions requiring search engines and legal databases to de-index judicial records from name-based searches do not apply to Meta platforms such as...
MediaNama comments at TRAI OHD on Network Slicing and Net Neutrality
MediaNamaby Nikhil Pahwa·7d ago
The following is the verbatim transcript of my comments on Net Neutrality and Network Slicing at the TRAI Open House Discussion on Quality of Services, where Network Slicing is being discussed: My...
Delhi HC issues notices to Ola, Uber, Rapido on women’s safety
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh·7d ago
The Delhi High Court on September 30 issued notices to Ola, Uber, Rapido, the Centre, the Delhi government and Delhi Police.
Bombay HC Orders X to Remove Video Against Adar Poonawalla
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal·7d ago
The Bombay High Court (HC) has ordered X Corp to remove a video by YouTuber Yohan Tengra that repeats defamatory claims against Serum Institute of India and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adar...
Delhi HC doubts Aaradhya Bachchan has personality rights
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal·8d ago
“As far as the child is concerned, what is her personality right?” Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani of the Delhi High Court (HC) asked today, while hearing Aaradhya Bachchan’s suit against fake videos...
Apple Pay launches in India; What if Apple applies for a UPI licence? - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Amit Singh·8d ago
iPhone maker Apple has launched Apple Pay payment services in India. The service has launched without support for UPI, which accounted for 84% of India’s digital payment transactions, according to...
Delhi HC asks MeitY to decide on Gamban's 69A blocking order
MediaNamaby Azdhan·8d ago
The Delhi High Court directed the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) to decide within four weeks on the petition filed by UK-based anti-gambling-addiction app Gamban challenging the Section 69A...
Instagram blocked Satish Acharya's account via automated system
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·8d ago
The first restriction on cartoonist Satish Acharya’s Instagram account this year was on February 28, 2026. The post was a cartoon from June 2025 on new NCERT textbooks.
Special Newsletter: Unanswered Questions, September Edition
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh·8d ago
Welcome to our special edition newsletter, dedicated to the important questions we asked authorities and relevant stakeholders throughout September.
Lowdown: IRDAI consultation paper on insurance distribution reforms - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das·8d ago
IRDAI wants insurance to become a product customers can discover, compare, verify and buy digitally, rather than one primarily pushed through intermediaries.
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