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The new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 were announced by the government on February 25 and required large social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to comply with the norms by May 25.

After WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against the Indian government in the Delhi High Court, saying that user privacy is in its DNA and requiring messaging apps to "trace" chats undermines peoples right to privacy, Congress has termed the ...

Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp, in a petition in Delhi High Court, said that enabling identification of the first originator of information on its platform in India puts end-to-end encryption and its benefits at risk, as it urged the ...

Government Responds to WhatsApp, Says Respects Right to Privacy but It Is Subject to ‘Reasonable Restrictions’ The Ministry of Information Technology takes a dig at WhatsApp while giving clarification on its new regulations. By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 26 May 2021 19:08 IST Photo Credit: Reuters Highlights The government said it had no intention to violate right to privacy Social media platforms were required to comply with the new regulations WhatsApp on We...

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...

Exclusive: Streaming services raise concerns on IT Rules through IAMAI 7 hours ago The Internet and Mobile Association of India on April 9 prepared a “final” list of concerns that Online Curated Content Platforms like Netflix and Hotstar had on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics code) Rules, 2021. Streaming services, the largest of whom are members of IAMAI’s Digital Entertainment Committee, have largely been silent on the code. But the list of co...

Templates and hate: takeaways from complaints to the government against Tandav 3 hours ago MediaNama obtained a trove of around 100 complaints that were filed against the series Tandav to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting under the RTI Act. The Internet Freedom Foundation and The Quint first made the complaints public. While the rules themselves were in the making for a long time, the fires fanned by political outfits — dutifully described by mainstream media as “controversies” �...

IT Rules 2021: How will SaaS companies like Freshworks and Zoho be affected? 4 hours ago Indian Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies like Freshworks and Zoho could be unintended victims of the new Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021. Notified in February, the IT Rules 2021 prescribe regulation for internet intermediaries, while creating a new definition meant for social media platforms. While SaaS products don’t necessarily function like social media companies, the rules seem to make no...

Parliamentary IT panel quizzes MEITY on Intermediary Rules: Report March 16, 2021 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, in a scheduled interaction, questioned officials from the Ministries of Electronics & Information Technology and Information & Broadcasting on the Intermediary Rules, and the OTT streaming regulations therein, the Hindustan Times reported. The ministries were reportedly asked whether due process was followed in consulting the industry before putting o...

MEITY in a statement denied threatening to jail executives from social media and messaging companies for non-compliance with legal demands.