WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code), which mandates ‘significant social media intermediaries’ to ‘enable the identification of the first originator of the information’, which may be required by a court order or other competent authority
The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice on a plea moved by media organization TV Today Network which owns India Today and Aaj Tak news channels, challenging the constitutional validity of Rule.
By a 2:1 majority and in a setback for the petitioners in the 2023 IT Rules Amendment Case, the Bombay High Court -in an interim order – has refused to restrain the Union government from notifying its.
The Court was hearing a petition filed by WhatsApp challenging the said order of the Magistrate Court issued on November 20, 2023 under Rule 4(2) of the IT Rules 2021.