Updated Mar 02, 2021 · 10:19 pm A photo of Frontier Manipur s executive editor Paojel Chaoba. | Manipuri Khonjel via Facebook
A journalist in Manipur, Paojel Chaoba, on Monday received a notice from the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state government under the recently notified Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. This is reportedly the first time that a notice has been issued under the new guidelines that the Centre announced on February 25.
The Frontier Manipur, on February 28. The discussion was on the new rules for digital media platforms, and titled “Media Under Siege: Are Journalists Walking a Tight Rope.”
“.it has come to the notice of the undersigned that you are providing online services on news and current affairs on social media platform through the Facebook page.,” the notice from Imphal West District Magistrate Naorem Praveen Singh read. “.you are directed to furnish all the relevant d
India's new IT rules must to be used to force intermediaries to break end-to-end encryption or to stop their plans to offer it, said the Internet Society.
India’s new rules for Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms explained in five points
India’s new rules for Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms explained in five points
India has announced new rules and regulation to govern social media platforms in the countryBCCL Social media platforms in India, like Facebook and its offshoot WhatsApp, Google’s YouTube, Twitter, and others now face a new set of rules and regulation set to be enforced after mid-May.
The Indian government has laid rules for a physical presence, monitoring of harmful content, tracking down the first originator of mischief, and the voluntary verification of users.
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Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | New online, digital code fails to empower users
Published Mar 2, 2021, 10:16 am IST
Updated Mar 2, 2021, 10:16 am IST
Fake news is a significant reason that media literacy has emerged strongly in the education curricula around the world
If the government’s intent is to provide more rights to its people, it must help soothe the nerves of people who are now confused about what to say on the social media. (Representational image)
The new Information and Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 under Section 79 of the IT Act has created a flutter. The news media has paid extraordinary attention, space and time to it as it unfolded, and with good reason. Few people dispute the need for some kind of regulation of the digital media. But the debate is over whether it does what is needed. How empowering a tool are the new rules for the public, who are the ultimate users?