Under the digital media rules, notified by the government last week, foreign news and content publishers will now be answerable to the I&B Ministry. Experts say that the new rules will increase the cost of operations for foreign digital media firms
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Interview | If You Want to Curb Fake News, Control BJP s 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 hasnât 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 platforms. The three-tier structure introduced in the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 effectively gives the Union ministries of Electronics and Information Technology, and Information and Broadcasting an unprecedented leverage over online news platforms like
In Sum and Substance, New Digital Media Rules Establish a Confusing Playing Field
While nobody can doubt the need for accountability, the manner in which the rules were created raises legal questions while the overarching logic of the substance is confusing.
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Media28/Feb/2021
An over two-year-long process that was primarily meant to make the content moderation processes of Silicon Valleyâs social media giants more responsible has cast a broad regulatory net over seemingly unrelated issues that have plagued the Narendra Modi government for the last six years.
Instead of soft-touch monitoring, the government has opted for predatory new rules
The new rules introduced by the Centre last week to regulate all types of digital platforms, with the idea of redressing user grievances and ensuring compliance with the law, are deeply unsettling as they will end up giving the government a good deal of leverage over online news publishers and intermediaries. This holds troubling implications for freedom of expression and right to information. Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, while launching The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, presented it as a “soft-touch oversight mechanism”. A government press note termed it “progressive” and “liberal”. It also claimed the rules seek to “address people’s varied concerns while removing any misapprehension about curbing creativity and freedom of speech and expression”. The soft tone notwithstanding, these rules force