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Why the New IT Rules Beg Urgent Judicial Review The new intermediary rules have conferred unbridled powers to the executive, potentially in complete disregard to the constitutionally guaranteed rights of freedom of speech and expression. Facebook and Twitter app icons on a smartphone. Photo: Reuters The Caravan, a leading investigative journalism magazine was withheld. News agency ANI soon reported that around 250 accounts had been withheld by Twitter in India upon request from the Ministry of...

Interview | If You Want to Curb Fake News, Control BJPs IT Cell: Supriya Shrinate on IT Rules The Congress spokesperson said the government should, instead of muzzling dissent with the new IT Rules, attempt to set its own house in order. "What kind of fake news are you going to check when the government hasn’t been able to put its own house in order?" Representative image. Photo: Unsplash Tech01/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The BJP-led Centre recently framed rules to regulate all types of digital ...

More about Big Government than Big Tech Updated: Updated: March 01, 2021 14:30 IST Under the IT Act new rules, it appears that the interest is largely about trying to force technologists to fall in line Share Article AAA Under the IT Act new rules, it appears that the interest is largely about trying to force technologists to fall in line Last week, the Union Government issued a set of rules under the Information Technology Act, noting that it was superseding rules issued under Section 79 of th...