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The Information TechnologyvRules, 2021 was notified in February, and the government has, for the first time, expanded the definition of digital media to include online news and put in place a three-tier grievance redressal system that will be overseen by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The power of social media March 09, 2021 16:51 IST Updated: March 09, 2021 16:51 IST Updated: Share Article AAA The door swings both ways with what can be a powerful tool. Here’s a look at what the new IT Rules for 2021 mean for the future of social media in the country “You are what you share,” said Charles Leadbeater. Human history from the Stone Age to Metal Age is now in the digital age with the most promising tool — social media.  Data is now much more important than gold. It is ...

WhatsApp has explained its concerns around traceability to the Indian government, and will continue doing so in the hope of finding solutions “that don’t touch encryption”, said WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart. Speaking to Big Technology Podcast host Alex Kantrowitz, Cathcart termed the idea of breaking encryption “a fundamental threat”. Cathcart was responding to questions about […]

Updated: The major news headlines of the day, and more. Share Article AAA Protesting farmers block the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway Expressway at Kundli in Haryana on March 6, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AFP The major news headlines of the day, and more. Agitating farmers on Saturday held blockades at several points on the 135-km-long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, which connects five districts of Haryana, in response to a call from farmer unions to protest against the farm laws. The pro...

Guidelines can undermine media freedom, it says

SC favours screening of programmes on OTT platforms Updated Mar 5, 2021, 11:19 am IST Objections were also raised about some scenes in Tandav as they allegedly were hurting religious sentiments and deriding Dalits  Having expressed its displeasure over the way objectionable content, including pornography was being shown on OTT platforms without prior screening, the court asked Mr Mehta to place before it the recently notified Information Technology Rules, which provide for regulation of co...

Guide: All you need to know about the new IT Rules, 2021 March 5, 2021 The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 notified last week will likely change how the internet functions in the country. The Rules can be divided broadly into three areas— (i) internet and social media intermediaries (ii) digital news and (iii) OTT streaming services. The Rules mandate a laundry list of compliance requirements on intermediaries and social media platfor...

Even pornography is shown on OTT: SC during Tandav case The Allahabad High Court had on 25th February denied Pre-arrest bail to Commercial Head of Amazon Prime Video, Aparna Purohit, in the ongoing investigation against the web series Tandav By News Desk|   Posted by Nikita Venkatesh  |   Updated: 4th March 2021 3:33 pm IST Photo: Supreme Court of India New Delhi: “We are of the view that some screening of OTT content should take place”, observed the Supreme Court on Thursday whi...

March 3, 2021 Amazon Prime Video issued an apology for the web series Tandav, saying that it “deeply regrets” that viewers considered certain scenes in the series to be objectionable. The show had stirred controversy for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments. A total of ten first-information-reports and four criminal complaints have been filed across the country, against the show’s makers, in the aftermath of the controversy. This apology comes after the Allahabad High Court rejected an anti...

Paojel Chaoba, a journalist based in Manipur was issued a notice by the District Magistrate of Imphal West, Naorem Praveen Singh under the newly framed media rules.