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Kolkata: Cops in Bengal have deleted more than 500 fake posts of “post-poll violence in Bengal” and “Hindu genocide in Bengal” in the last 96 hours bu.

The government welcomes criticism and genuine requests for help amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is necessary to take action against users who misuse social media to spread panic and misinformation, sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said on Sunday. They also said that social media platforms had been asked to remove around 100 posts or URLs due to misuse and spread of fake or misleading information regarding the pandemic. "In view of the misuse of s...

Rakesh Maheshwari, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology Key references The Information Technology Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment), 2018 [download] IT Rules 2011 [read] Shreya Singhal Judgment: [read] Summary of the IT Rules Intermediaries And Social Media Platforms [read] Digital News Publishing [read] OTT Streaming Services [read] Key developments Unblocking of handles: IT Ministry notice to Twitter warns of consequences [Read] CEO Will Cathcart says WhatsApp hopes to find so...

5 hours ago Payment companies will need to comply with the government’s new Information Technology Rules 2021, as they fit the definition of an internet intermediary, legal experts told MediaNama. However, compared to social media entities, streaming platforms and digital media entities, the burden of compliance is far lower since payment players are already regulated entities under the Reserve Bank of India. A bit of context: According to the IT Act, 2000 an intermediary is “any person who...

2 hours ago At least four news organisations— Scroll, The Wire, Newslaundry, and The News Minute — launched grievance portals on their respective websites and have appointed grievance officers in accordance with the Indian government’s new regulations for news publishers and intermediaries. Under the Information Technology Rules 2021, the government expanded its executive powers to oversee news and current affairs content published online. Under the rules, every news and current affairs p...

Community standards need to have consistency, tech platforms have too much power: Jay Panda 7 hours ago Baijayant Jay Panda, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s spokesperson and National Vice-President, on Wednesday said that large internet platforms have the power to make users, including heads of state, irrelevant because of their dominance. Panda’s comments were made during the Raisina Dialogue conference, organised by the Oberver Research Foundation. During a panel discussion, Panda criticised...

IT Rules 2021 & Intermediaries, April 23 MediaNama invites you to apply to attend an online discussion on how the IT Rules 2021 will impact Intermediaries. Our subscribers get priority invites for our events and need not apply. Subscribe here to support our work. Date: April 23 (Friday), 2021 Time: 2:00 pm IST onwards On the February 25, 2021, the Indian government issued the latest Information Technology Rules 2021, effectively overhauling how platforms (intermediaries), including soci...

To regulate WhatsApp and Big Tech, India’s competition panel needs more teeth – and fresh thinking The Competition Commission of India needs legislative tools, an army of technical experts and a proactive approach for being relevant in the digital age. An hour ago India’s current competition law operates on a traditional understanding of markets, but the digital medium is a new kind of space. | Narinder Naanu / AFP The Competition Commission of India is keen to r...

Petition against IT Rules 2021: Grounds for content removal too broad, unconstitutional 5 days ago In yet another challenge to the Indian government’s IT Rules 2021, one advocate Sanjay Kumar Singh has petitioned the Delhi High Court, arguing that the Rules are unconstitutional and should be struck down. He said that multiple provisions of the Rules do not meet the constitutional requirements of placing restrictions on free speech and expression, deserve to be struck down.  The court on Wedn...

View: New IT rules are an overreach, will impact our freedoms SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 10:11 AM IST Share Synopsis "With the scale at which complaints regarding sedition and defamation are being filed in the country, platforms and grievance officers are likely to err on the side of caution and end up censoring legitimate speech. " Agencies The rules also empower the government to step in and censor streaming content, after it goes through adjudication via a few layers of a self-regu...