The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India.
By Aarti Tikoo Singh
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India.
According to top official sources, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others, which were required to abide by the rules notified in the gazette of India on February 25 under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, have failed to comply on many accounts till date.
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The government’s rules will come into effect from May 26.
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“How does one begin to capture scenes from a nation led by a fascist regime being felled by a deadly pandemic,” asked Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar on Monday in a column ostensibly written to soothe the pain of Indo-Canadians as we watched our ancestral homeland facing the full wrath of the COVID-19 virus.