In Sum and Substance, New Digital Media Rules Establish a Confusing Playing Field
While nobody can doubt the need for accountability, the manner in which the rules were created raises legal questions while the overarching logic of the substance is confusing.
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Media28/Feb/2021
An over two-year-long process that was primarily meant to make the content moderation processes of Silicon Valleyâs social media giants more responsible has cast a broad regulatory net over seemingly unrelated issues that have plagued the Narendra Modi government for the last six years.
What Regulatory Changes Are on the Anvil for Social Media Platforms, Digital Media?
While not finalised, stricter rules are in the offing and may be centred around compliance and grievance mechanisms.
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Tech19/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is in the process of finalising rules that will bring greater oversight for social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and may also bring digital media platforms into a regulatory net by establishing a grievance redressal mechanism.
The final text of these proposed regulations, which will be in the form of changes to parts of the Information Technology Rules, 2011 that govern intermediaries, is still not set in stone, one government official told