India is Banning Twitter and Facebook
Earlier this year, the Indian government announced drastic new rules for social media companies and a code of ethics for OTT streaming platforms. The new rules provide stricter and wide-ranging obligations on intermediaries for proactive monitoring of content and fear of legal liability or action which could lead to over-censorship of content.
Social media platforms, the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram were given three months to comply, and the deadline is ending tomorrow.
Top officials in the country have disclosed that the platforms were required to abide by the rules notified in the Gazette of India on February 25 under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, and they have failed to comply on many accounts to date.
: Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 1:16 PM IST
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The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India.
According to top official sources, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others, which were required to abide by the rules notified in the gazette of India on February 25 under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, have failed to comply on many accounts till date.
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The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India.
According to top official sources, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others, which were required to abide by the rules notified in the gazette of India on February 25 under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, have failed to comply on many accounts till date.
By Aarti Tikoo Singh
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India.
According to top official sources, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others, which were required to abide by the rules notified in the gazette of India on February 25 under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, have failed to comply on many accounts till date.
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The government’s rules will come into effect from May 26.
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