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The electronics and information technology ministry had sent notices to these companies a week ago, asking them to remove all child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from their platforms.

​​The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under Musk who has recently appointed a new X CEO Linda Yaccarino, also took down 1,675 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.

Of these, 35 lakh accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users

An intermediary can either take down the fake or false part, or, depending upon the nature of the content, put a disclaimer on content that is flagged by FCUs, SG Mehta said.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the rules do not prohibit any express of opinion or critical analysis against government but is only intended to rein in false news.

The court questioned where would such a person approach in such a situation when their post unilaterally goes off the said platform.

The bench said the government is the sole arbiter without any checks and balances under the new IT Rules.

The Court found that a chapter called ‘Communication Skills’ has been reproduced “almost word-to-word” in the book by one of the defendant-authors

Police commissioner B Dayananda has said that police officers in each police division are being trained in how to identify fake news and also in how to deal with cyber-crime.

In March this year, while hearing a plea filed by the makers of web-series College Romance, the Court had called for the regulation of profanity on social media and OTT platforms.