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Key Takeaways Definition of “social media intermediaries” too broad. Exceptions for some use cases would have made great sense. Need clarity on the 5 million threshold. How do significant social media intermediaries define “5 million users” — daily or monthly active users, or registered users and so on? 5 million number is very low in India Need consultations for an “intelligent definition” for intermediaries Personal liability of chief compliance officer a might be too much risk ...

Several queries on framing the guidelines were raised. 16 Mar, 2021 - 01:55 PM IST     |     By indiantelevision.com Team     KOLKATA: The parliamentary standing committee on information and technology grilled officials from the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) and the ministry of electronics and information technology (MEITY) on the new rules for monitoring over-the-top (OTT) platforms, digital media and social media intermediaries. The parliamentary panel headed by C...

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Hotel wars SUBSCRIBE Well soon meet in your inbox. / Morning Dispatch India’s competition regulator has directed the country’s largest online travel firm MakeMyTrip to relist the properties of two budget hotel chains, which it stopped listing in 2018 after signing an agreement with their rival Oyo. The court said clamping down on anti-competitive behaviour was especially important in “winner takes all” platform markets. Also in today’s letter: �� Indian IT: Escaping the Exodus �...

The judge also said that the Central government could not take any coercive action against LiveLaw under Part III of the rules.

The Delhi High-Court has issued notice on a petition which challenges the newly introduced Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The new rules which were notified by the government on February 25, seeks to introduce a self-regulatory regime for online intermediaries, social media platforms, streaming services and digital media […]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on petition challenging Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, notified by the Centre on...

A division bench headed by Chief Justice DN Patel was hearing the petition filed by Foundation for Independent Journalist, a trust which owns The Wire, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The News Minute Dhanya Rajendran and Founding Editor of The Wire MK Venu.

Paytm’s NUE edge SUBSCRIBE Well soon meet in your inbox. / Daily Top 5 Good evening, Though the race for a new umbrella entity (NUE) licence from the Reserve Bank of India includes consortia led by Amazon, Tata and Reliance, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma believes his consortium has the edge as it includes a diverse set of companies. In an interview with ET, Sharma said the Paytm-led NUE could focus on creating national payment networks in the space of transit, remittance and business pay...

The matter will be heard later today.