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Why The Wire Wants the New IT Rules Struck Down
Synopsis of the petition moved in the Delhi high court by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of The Wire.
File photo of information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar and law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Photo: PTI/File
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On Tuesday, the Delhi high court issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of
The Wire, which pleads that the governmentâs new Information Technology (IT) Rules which seek to dictate content to digital news media platforms go beyond the scope of what is permissible under the IT Act and need to be struck down.
IT Rules 2021: How online news and current affairs commentators will be impacted
March 8, 2021
Social media companies and other online intermediaries are now responsible to monitor ‘news and current affairs’ content on their platforms published by individual journalists, freelancers, satirists or any other commentator. As a result online commentators like Faye D’Souza, Akash Banerjee (DeshBhakt), Dhruv Rathee, Amit Varma (SeenandtheUnseen) and even standup comedians could now fall under the government’s new regulatory framework.
Last week, the government notified the Intermediary Liability and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021 which introduced a new a regulatory oversight mechanism under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for news and current affairs/curated content on the internet. Legal experts told MediaNama that the rules clearly spell out various responsibilities placed on social media platforms when it comes to any and all online ‘n
File photo of actor Rakul Preet Singh. | Sujit Jaiswal/AFP
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a status report on action taken against media channels that are not members of the News Broadcasting Standards Association for violating the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, reported
Bar and Bench. The order came on a plea filed by actor Rakul Preet Singh.
The actor had in September moved the High Court to restrain media from publishing and broadcasting unsubstantiated news about her in connection with a drugs case being investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau. The High Court had ruled in her favour, directing media houses to exercise restraint. Various news channels had reported defamatory content against the actor after she was summoned in the drugs case related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
Rakul Preet Singh Case: Delhi HC Asks I&B Ministry About Action Taken Against Non-NBSA Channels
The I&B Ministry also submitted a detailed affidavit to the court wherein they showed the 10 orders that are passed in relation to Rakul Preet Singh’s appeal.
Rakul Preet Singh Appeal Makes Headlines Again (Photo Credit: Instagram/Rakul Preet Singh)
Back when NCB began their probe in busting the drug nexus in Bollywood, actor Rakul Preet Singh was also a name in the list of people to be interrogated. A lot was said and majorly speculated about the actor, and she even decided to take a stand, as she appealed the High Court for an interim order against the new channels. And the same was granted to the actor too.