Further, Krishnan said that cybercrime is an enterprise-wide systemic risk against which the companies need to constantly guard. "We have to ensure that overall digital governance, including AI governance, accords due privacy to both cybersecurity and to operational resilience."
MeitY’s action follows a BBC report, which found Meta’s recommendation algorithm had been promoting videos containing CSAM, exposing serious gaps in safeguards even as Meta’s advertising policies explicitly prohibit nudity and sexually explicit content.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on July 9, 2026, released a notification inviting applications from candidates to fill the post of Director-General at STPI.
On Thursday evening, the government received WhatsApp's reply to the notice on the 'username' feature. The reply of Telegram has also been received subsequently, they added.
"There are two. The one that she asked about was the username issue because that is something which was sent to the other agencies as well. Today is the last date for that," he said.
The government has waived basic customs duty on goods used in the manufacturing of display assemblies, lithium-ion cell and inductor coil module with an aim to promote domestic production of electronic devices.
The remarks come amid reports alleging a data leak involving Tata Electronics, a major supplier in Apple's global manufacturing supply chain that produces iPhone components in India.
ESDS said the platform addresses regulatory requirements enabled by the enforcement of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023, the Ministry of Electronics and IT’s (MeitY) Cloud Selection Framework for government workloads, and the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) cloud guidelines governing data residency in the banking sector.
At the heart of the dialogue is the necessity for consistent, long-term access to frontier AI technologies. Secretary Krishnan, on the sidelines of the 2nd Pax Silica Summit, held in Washington, emphasised that for India to integrate such tools into its broader digital infrastructure and public-facing services, the partnership must be immune to sudden disruptions.
S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), met Jacob Helberg, the US Under Secretary of State and host of the Pax Silica initiative, on Wednesday. The initiative aims at strengthening the security of supply chains in key technology sectors.
“Together, we must continue working towards an Internet that is safe, reliable and accessible for all,” the MeitY secretary said.
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