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The government on Thursday announced new information technology rules to curb the misuse of social media platforms. It mandated firms to appoint a grievance officer and disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove it within 36 hours. The rules said content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women needed to be removed within 24 hours. The rules notified by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will ...

Read more about Social Media Intermediary Guidelines: Full load of what the govt announced on Business Standard. No safe harbour if due diligence not followed; platforms to remove or disable sexual content within 24 hours of complaint; Chief Compliance Officer post, monthly compliance report mandatory

Will attack media freedom, privacy: Experts on Centres regulations on social media The move drew sharp criticism from Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of digital news platform The Wire who said it amounted to killing freedom of the press. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI NEW DELHI: The governments new regulations for social media platforms and over-the-top (OTT) players Thursday evoked divergent responses from experts with one section welcoming them, some saying they would be valid till ...

February 25, 2021 We’re hosting our very first call for members of MediaNama’s membership program tomorrow (Friday, February 26th, 2021) at 3pm IST, to discuss the Information Technology Rules (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code), 2021. Our coverage of the Rules is here, based on the initial leaked document. We will update this tomorrow (although the changes are minor) When we launched the membership program, we had mentioned that we will host Exclusive members-only call...

DNA Explainer: What will happen to user privacy now, new social guidelines might impact WhatsApp's encryption - Social media platforms will have to identify the originator of a message that is considered to be anti-national and against security and sovereignty.

The governments new regulations for social media platforms and OTT players Thursday evoked divergent responses from legal experts with one section saying these would be valid till they contain reasonable restrictions while some opposed on grounds of infringement of privacy and free speech under the Constitution. The Centre Thursday announced sweeping regulations for social media firms like Facebook and Twitter as well as OTT players such as Netflix, requiring them to remove any content flagge...

URL copied Centres regulations on social media evoke divergent views, Ekta Kapoor-Vikram Bhatt welcome OTT guidelines The governments new regulations for social media platforms and over-the-top (OTT) players Thursday evoked divergent responses from experts with one section welcoming them, some saying they would be valid till they contain reasonable restrictions while few opposed on grounds of infringement of privacy and free speech under the Constitution. The move drew sharp criticism...

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. A logo of Twitter is pictured next to the logo of Facebook in this illustration. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic 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 a...

UPDATED: January 23, 2021 13:00 IST (Illustration by Nilanjan Das) On January 4, millions of WhatsApp users across the world found an in-app pop-up notifying them that from February 8 the messenger platforms terms of services and privacy policy would change, and users must accept the new terms to keep using the app. In the new privacy policy, WhatsApp removed a passage on allowing users to opt out of sharing certain data with Facebook, its parent firm. This take-it-or-leave-it policy led to mas...