The ten most-read MediaNama stories this week. The full curated edition lands in newsletter inboxes on Monday morning.
- IRDAI may introduce commission cuts as early as Jan 2027 despite backlash from insurance brokers
While IRDAI is going ahead with the cuts, the Insurance Brokers Association of India says it will dent brokers’ revenue by 60-70%, though it seems that the commission has increased, but it was there as marketing expenses.
- AI ‘kiss and hug’ app rated for ages 3+ still on Play Store as NCPCR summons Google
The NCPCR has summoned Google regarding AI kiss and hug apps on the Play Store that create intimate videos without user consent. The commission intends to release child safety guidelines by December.
- 37 journalists detained, YouTubers turned away and over 200 takedown orders during CJP protests
Journalists covering protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation reported detentions, equipment seizures and restrictions on their social media accounts.
- FSSAI plans to make Blinkit and Instamart liable for misleading food claims. Does the marketplace defence still hold?
FSSAI is introducing new rules to hold e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms accountable for misleading food claims, mandate the display of manufacturing and expiry dates on listings, and strengthen safety checks for dark stores.
- Delhi court to examine the intermediary status of Amazon in a Kindle case
Author Vasundhara Prakash has alleged that Amazon created and sold a Kindle version of her book without authorisation and didn’t take down the listing within 72 hours as per the IT Rules, raising questions about its intermediary status.
- Bengaluru court restrains 42 defendants over Siddaramaiah ‘honey trap’ videos, but does its order meet SC test?
The order in Siddaramaiah’s defamation suit cites privacy and reputational harm. Its treatment of the three-part injunction test raises questions under the Supreme Court’s Bloomberg v. Zee ruling.
- MeitY invites AI compute providers to supply 10,000 GPUs under IndiaAI Mission
The tender released through CDAC asks AI service providers to supply upto 10,000 AI computing units in GPUs, TPUs, accelerators or similar hardware “based on demand received from ministries, academia, research institutions, startups” etc.
- YouTube blocks video essay on Modi and Adani in India after government complaint
YouTube has blocked a video essay by Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia on Narendra Modi and Gautam Adani in India.
- Hackers are bypassing KYC through API hijacks, CERT-In warns fintechs and NBFCs
The CERT-In advisory says hackers compromise internet-facing apps, exposed APIs and privileged endpoints and then steals payment aggregator and partner bank API credentials to “invoke fund transfer APIs within the entities own infrastructure”
- Supreme Court orders unhindered internet access in Delhi, but leaves legality of shutdowns unexamined
The Supreme Court has directed that internet facilities function unhindered in Delhi. But it did not examine the suspension orders behind the recent shutdowns.
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