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Business Upturn
7 hours ago
- Business
- Business Upturn
Bitget Onboards on India's I4C's Sahyog Portal to Support Local Law Enforcement
NEW DELHI, June 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has officially onboarded onto India's Sahyog portal, a key interface under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) framework. The portal facilitates direct and structured communication between law enforcement agencies and digital service providers. This development marks an important step in enhancing cooperation between virtual asset platforms and Indian authorities engaged in cybercrime investigations. The Sahyog portal serves as a centralized system that allows law enforcement to submit legal requests for data disclosure in accordance with Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act. These provisions enable Indian authorities to seek access to digital evidence, user data, and transaction records from service providers in connection with active investigations. Bitget's integration ensures that future requests can be managed through an established, secure, and legally compliant channel. Global exchanges are being actively onboarded onto the Sahyog system to improve investigative capabilities and reduce procedural delays. Alongside Bitget, other major global platforms have also been onboarded onto the Sahyog system in furtherance of the system's robustness. The main aim is to provide investigators with aggregated access to essential data that supports timely enforcement actions in cases involving virtual assets. Bitget has taken multiple steps in recent months to align with regional compliance frameworks across key jurisdictions, with India representing a particularly strategic market. Participation in official law enforcement portals is a good example of Bitget's proactive stance in aligning operations with local regulatory expectations. It aligns with the exchange's broader aim to assist in creating a transparent and accountable environment for digital asset trading, particularly as authorities globally increase scrutiny of crypto transactions. 'Operating responsibly in all jurisdictions remains a priority for Bitget. India's regulatory and enforcement landscape around digital assets is evolving quickly, and aligning with initiatives like Sahyog highlights a practical step forward. Bitget will continue to engage constructively with local regulators to ensure that our systems deliver the legal and technical requirements to support such agencies,' said Hon NG, Chief Legal Officer at Bitget. As the global digital asset sector expands, increased engagement between crypto service providers and governments has become important to operate sustainably. Integration into frameworks such as Sahyog allows exchanges like Bitget to deliver timely and structured responses to legal requests, reducing friction in cross-border cooperation and ensuring that law enforcement agencies have access to the tools necessary for digital evidence collection. India's growing emphasis on formalizing its approach to virtual assets has brought renewed focus on the role of foreign exchanges operating within its borders. Compliance with data disclosure provisions and participation in platforms like Sahyog are expected to play an important role in defining the future relationship between crypto firms and national authorities. Bitget's onboarding adds to the growing list of global entities now accessible via Sahyog, signaling the broader direction of increased regulatory coordination across the industry. About Bitget Established in 2018, Bitget is the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company. Serving over 120 million users in 150+ countries and regions, the Bitget exchange is committed to helping users trade smarter with its pioneering copy trading feature and other trading solutions, while offering real-time access to Bitcoin price, Ethereum price, and other cryptocurrency prices. Formerly known as BitKeep, Bitget Wallet is a leading non-custodial crypto wallet supporting 130+ blockchains and millions of tokens. It offers multi-chain trading, staking, payments, and direct access to 20,000+ DApps, with advanced swaps and market insights built into a single platform. Bitget is at the forefront of driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships, such as its role as the Official Crypto Partner of the World's Top Football League, LALIGA, in EASTERN, SEA and LATAM markets, as well as a global partner of Turkish National athletes Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu (Wrestling world champion), Samet Gümüş (Boxing gold medalist) and İlkin Aydın (Volleyball national team), to inspire the global community to embrace the future of cryptocurrency. For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord | Bitget Wallet For media inquiries, please contact: [email protected] Risk Warning: Digital asset prices are subject to fluctuation and may experience significant volatility. Investors are advised to only allocate funds they can afford to lose. The value of any investment may be impacted, and there is a possibility that financial objectives may not be met, nor the principal investment recovered. Independent financial advice should always be sought, and personal financial experience and standing carefully considered. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Bitget accepts no liability for any potential losses incurred. Nothing contained herein should be construed as financial advice. For further information, please refer to our Terms of Use . A photo accompanying this announcement is available at Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. Ahmedabad Plane Crash
Globe and Mail
8 hours ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Bitget Onboards on India's I4C's Sahyog Portal to Support Local Law Enforcement
NEW DELHI, June 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has officially onboarded onto India's Sahyog portal, a key interface under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) framework. The portal facilitates direct and structured communication between law enforcement agencies and digital service providers. This development marks an important step in enhancing cooperation between virtual asset platforms and Indian authorities engaged in cybercrime investigations. The Sahyog portal serves as a centralized system that allows law enforcement to submit legal requests for data disclosure in accordance with Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act. These provisions enable Indian authorities to seek access to digital evidence, user data, and transaction records from service providers in connection with active investigations. Bitget's integration ensures that future requests can be managed through an established, secure, and legally compliant channel. Global exchanges are being actively onboarded onto the Sahyog system to improve investigative capabilities and reduce procedural delays. Alongside Bitget, other major global platforms have also been onboarded onto the Sahyog system in furtherance of the system's robustness. The main aim is to provide investigators with aggregated access to essential data that supports timely enforcement actions in cases involving virtual assets. Bitget has taken multiple steps in recent months to align with regional compliance frameworks across key jurisdictions, with India representing a particularly strategic market. Participation in official law enforcement portals is a good example of Bitget's proactive stance in aligning operations with local regulatory expectations. It aligns with the exchange's broader aim to assist in creating a transparent and accountable environment for digital asset trading, particularly as authorities globally increase scrutiny of crypto transactions. 'Operating responsibly in all jurisdictions remains a priority for Bitget. India's regulatory and enforcement landscape around digital assets is evolving quickly, and aligning with initiatives like Sahyog highlights a practical step forward. Bitget will continue to engage constructively with local regulators to ensure that our systems deliver the legal and technical requirements to support such agencies,' said Hon NG, Chief Legal Officer at Bitget. As the global digital asset sector expands, increased engagement between crypto service providers and governments has become important to operate sustainably. Integration into frameworks such as Sahyog allows exchanges like Bitget to deliver timely and structured responses to legal requests, reducing friction in cross-border cooperation and ensuring that law enforcement agencies have access to the tools necessary for digital evidence collection. India's growing emphasis on formalizing its approach to virtual assets has brought renewed focus on the role of foreign exchanges operating within its borders. Compliance with data disclosure provisions and participation in platforms like Sahyog are expected to play an important role in defining the future relationship between crypto firms and national authorities. Bitget's onboarding adds to the growing list of global entities now accessible via Sahyog, signaling the broader direction of increased regulatory coordination across the industry. About Bitget Established in 2018, Bitget is the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company. Serving over 120 million users in 150+ countries and regions, the Bitget exchange is committed to helping users trade smarter with its pioneering copy trading feature and other trading solutions, while offering real-time access to Bitcoin price, Ethereum price, and other cryptocurrency prices. Formerly known as BitKeep, Bitget Wallet is a leading non-custodial crypto wallet supporting 130+ blockchains and millions of tokens. It offers multi-chain trading, staking, payments, and direct access to 20,000+ DApps, with advanced swaps and market insights built into a single platform. Bitget is at the forefront of driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships, such as its role as the Official Crypto Partner of the World's Top Football League, LALIGA, in EASTERN, SEA and LATAM markets, as well as a global partner of Turkish National athletes Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu (Wrestling world champion), Samet Gümüş (Boxing gold medalist) and İlkin Aydın (Volleyball national team), to inspire the global community to embrace the future of cryptocurrency. For media inquiries, please contact: media@ Risk Warning: Digital asset prices are subject to fluctuation and may experience significant volatility. Investors are advised to only allocate funds they can afford to lose. The value of any investment may be impacted, and there is a possibility that financial objectives may not be met, nor the principal investment recovered. Independent financial advice should always be sought, and personal financial experience and standing carefully considered. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Bitget accepts no liability for any potential losses incurred. Nothing contained herein should be construed as financial advice. For further information, please refer to our Terms of Use.
Barnama
8 hours ago
- Business
- Barnama
Bitget Onboards On India's I4c's Sahyog Portal To Support Local Law Enforcement
NEW DELHI, June 23 (Bernama) -- Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has officially onboarded onto India's Sahyog portal, a key interface under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) framework. The portal facilitates direct and structured communication between law enforcement agencies and digital service providers. This development marks an important step in enhancing cooperation between virtual asset platforms and Indian authorities engaged in cybercrime investigations. The Sahyog portal serves as a centralized system that allows law enforcement to submit legal requests for data disclosure in accordance with Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act. These provisions enable Indian authorities to seek access to digital evidence, user data, and transaction records from service providers in connection with active investigations. Bitget's integration ensures that future requests can be managed through an established, secure, and legally compliant channel.
Indian Express
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
High Court seeks response from L-G, Centre in plea authorising Delhi Police to block online content
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi Lieutenant Governor and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology within six weeks in a public interest litigation challenging a notification appointing the Delhi Police as the nodal agency, under IT Act and Rules, for blocking online content or issuing take down notices. The notification was issued by the L-G in December last year. The challenge comes even as the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs told the Delhi High Court on April 29 that it is in the process of integrating the Application Programming Interface (API) with around 1,100 entities, including internet service providers, social media intermediaries and telecom network providers on its Sahyog portal. With the API integration with the IT intermediaries and other entities on the cyberspace, any request for a takedown raised by a law enforcement agency, will automatically be pulled down in real-time without any human intervention. For example, the moment a law enforcement agency (LEA) puts a request on the portal for takedown of content, the platform, if its API is already integrated with Sahyog, will take down the content immediately. This will also empower local police stations to order for take down of content. According to a source, over 15,000 LEAs are now onboarded on the portal. The Sahyog portal, launched in 2024, is aimed at expediting the process of sending notices to IT intermediaries by the appropriate government or its agency under Section 79 (3)(b) of the IT Act, 2000 to facilitate the removal or disabling of access to any information, data or communication link with an objective to curtail/detect unlawful/criminal act. The provision of Section 79(3)(b), part of the safe harbour provision, requires that a content flagged as unlawful by the government or its agency, has to be taken down first whereafter any grievance or appeal is entertained. In the petition filed by Software Freedom Law Center India ( through its advocate Musheer Zaidi, the constitutional validity of the notification has been challenged, submitting that the same is without the authority of law, and adds that the IT Act 'does not envisage the creation or functioning of any nodal agency' in the manner as has been done through the notification. SFLC India has contended that such appointment of members of the police as a nodal agency and delegation of authority to law enforcement agencies, without necessary safeguards 'results in unbridled discretion and opens the door for unchecked censorship.' On December 26, 2024, the Home department of the Delhi government issued a gazette notification designating the Delhi Police as the nodal agency for performing functions under Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act, 2000. The notification also appointed Joint Commissioner of Police, IFSO (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations), Special Cell as state nodal officer, DCP IFSO as he assistant state nodal officer, and DCP of districts, IFSO, EOW, Crime, Special Cell, Special Branch, IGIA, Railways and Metro as designated officers for issuing takedown notice pertaining to cases reported in their respective jurisdictions and for notifying instances of unlawful act online. Seeking quashing of the notification, has argued in its plea that Section 69A of IT Act already establishes the procedure for blocking access to information. It has also argued that IT Act Section 79 (3)(b) 'explicitly establishes that only a notification by the appropriate Government or its agency can be considered for the issuance of takedown orders,' and the L-G, 'even while acting as the so-called 'nodal agency,' cannot unilaterally declare the authority of the Delhi Police to be the 'appropriate government or its agency' for the purposes of issuing such orders.' The petitioner has further submitted that 'allowing them to issue takedown notices without judicial oversight could lead to arbitrary actions, infringing upon the due process of law.' Issuing notice on Wednesday, the bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela kept the matter next for consideration on September 17.
Saudi Gazette
03-04-2025
- Business
- Saudi Gazette
Musk's X is suing India, as Tesla and Starlink plan entry
NEW DELHI — An Indian court is due to hear a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's social media company X, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of misusing the law to censor content on its platform. Last month, X sued the government saying a new website — Sahyog — launched by the federal home ministry last year, was being used to expand its censorship powers and take down content. X argued the portal gave government officials wide-ranging powers to issue blocking orders that were "in violation" of India's digital laws. It said it could not be compelled to join Sahyog, which it called a "censorship portal". The Indian government has said that the portal is necessary to tackle harmful online content. Other American technology giants such as Amazon, Google and Meta have agreed to be on Sahyog. Sahyog describes itself as a portal developed to automate the process of sending government notices to content intermediaries like X and lawsuit filed in the southern state of Karnataka came after the federal railway ministry ordered X to remove "hundreds of posts".These included videos of a crush in Delhi in which 18 people died as they were making their way to the world's largest religious gathering, the Kumbh its petition, X argues that the portal and the orders issued through it fall outside the remit of the original law that allows the government to block this law, senior officials have the power to issue takedown orders, but after following due procedure like giving notices, opportunities for hearings and allowing for a review of any X says the government is bypassing these procedures to issue arbitrary content takedown orders through other legal provisions that have no a result, "countless" government officials, including "tens of thousands of local police officers", are "unilaterally and arbitrarily" issuing orders, X argues in its federal IT and home ministries did not respond to the BBC's request for court, the government has argued that its actions are lawful. It said it was not sending blocking orders but only issuing "notices" to platforms against unlawful government also defended the Sahyog platform saying it was a "necessity" because of the "growing volume of unlawful and harmful content online".The case is of "vital importance" as the blocking mechanism of the Sahyog portal has resulted in "a wholesale increase in censorship", said Apar Gupta of the digital rights organisation, Internet Freedom is not the first time the Indian government and X are at Delhi police had raided the offices of X (then Twitter) in 2021, before Musk took over, after a tweet by a ruling party spokesperson was marked as "manipulated media".In 2022, the company had sued the Indian government against blocking orders, at least one of which pertained to a year-long protest by farmers against new laws brought in by the government. However, the court ruled against the company and imposed a fine of 5m rupees ($58,000; £45,000).Under Musk's leadership, X appealed against this decision, which is currently separately being heard in the Karnataka high 2023, India called X a "habitual non-compliant platform" during the appeal is also reportedly investigating X's chatbot Grok regarding its use of inappropriate language and "controversial responses" after it made politically sensitive comments to user prompts timing of the lawsuit is interesting as it comes when Musk's other companies Starlink and Tesla have just begun making inroads into India with their business in March, Starlink signed an agreement with two of India's biggest telecoms firms to bring satellite internet to India and is awaiting government approval to start providing its could finally be making its debut and has begun hiring for a dozen jobs in Delhi and Mumbai. It is also reportedly hunting for showrooms in both also met Prime Minister Modi when he visited the White House last growing business interests in India and closeness with US President Donald Trump give him "ample leverage" with India, Michael Kugelman, director of the Wilson Centre's South Asia Institute in Washington, told the BBC."This means he has a lot of leeway in terms of how he operates, including making a decision to sue the Indian government," he added, saying the case might not hurt Musk's business prospects in the country. — BBC
