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New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court against Twitter for alleged non-compliance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
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May 28, 2021 01:08 IST
By and large, the Information Technology Rules, 2021 go against landmark judicial precedents upholding key rights
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By and large, the Information Technology Rules, 2021 go against landmark judicial precedents upholding key rights
The life of Indian Law rather than being shaped along mathematical exactitudes finds itself at the receiving end of an experiential tussle. This tussle has aimed at every stage to bargain for a Fundamental Right in return for some negotiation, sometimes with the desire of the coloniser and at others with the dominant ideology at the Centre.
There are ambiguities
The subject of concern now is the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which threaten to deprive social media platforms of their safe harbour immunity in the event of non-compliance with the said rules. While there are positive aspects about the said guidelines, there are, equally, glaring
RTI Reply Busts Centre s Claim that Elaborate Public Consultations Preceded IT Rules
Two seminars and a meeting, all devoted to regulation of OTT platforms, is what the I&B ministry admits to by way of consultation with stakeholders. No meeting with news organisations is mentioned.
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has refused to disclose details related to how the government’s controversial new IT Rules were drafted, citing reasons that are not allowed as viable exceptions under the Right to Information Act.
Why Is the Indian Government Afraid of Digital News?
India needs an independent media that can report what is happening in our country. And the government is attempting everything it can to make sure that this does not happen.
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Price of the Modi Years a few days ago. It should be published later this year. It is a history of India since 2014 and I have examined the facts and the data on various parts of the polity like the economy, national security, governance, the judiciary and so on. I do not want to talk about the contents of the book because it has too much detail and in any case some of my views may already be familiar to readers. What I did want to talk about was where some of the material was taken from.