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All mainstream media, including print and electronic, would be required to comply with the rules of the IT Rules, 2021, with immediate effect, according to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B).

Do the new IT Intermediary Rules have a chilling effect on free speech or are they the need of the hour to combat grave threats to law and order? While social media platforms say they weaken the privacy of users, the government thinks otherwise. ET’s Surabhi Agarwal finds out.

As per the regulations, if a company failed to comply before the deadline, it loses its intermediary status.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has said that the rationale for bringing the websites of the organisations under the ambit of the law is "well-reasoned".

The News Broadcasters Federation has stated that all its current members duly complied with requirements of the 25 Feb issued Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Rules, 2021") by providing required information of their entities.

The ministry of information and broadcasting has refused to grant an exemption to the digital news content of mainstream television channels and print media from the ambit of the new IT Rules, 2021 and asked all the digital news publishers and the OTT platforms to comply with the new rules without any misapprehensions.

"Making any exception of the nature proposed will be discriminatory to the digital news publishers who do not have a traditional TV/print platform," the ministry said.

India News: Funding to political parties, the number of Covid deaths, the vaccines that are available – there is a list of things that the public deserves to know

Twitter joins compatriots in long being at loggerheads with the Modi administration over data privacy bills.

India News: The government has refused to exempt the digital news content of mainstream television channels and print media from the ambit of the the IT Rules, 20