No Legislative Discussion , Media Ripe for Targeting : English Editorials Slam New IT Rules
Several English language newspapers noted that the rules were brought through a process that circumvented the set legislative path and meditated deeply on their repercussions for online media.
Illustration of some of the editorials on the IT Rules, 2021.
Tech01/Mar/2021
New Delhi: Several English newspapers â many of whom have flourishing online versions â ran editorials that openly criticised aspects of the Centre’s move to introduce greater oversight for social media, digital media and OTT platforms through the new IT rules.
The âInformation Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021,’ offers the largest shake-up in the technology and news regulation space in nearly a decade. In several analyses, explainers and pieces,
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NEW DELHI: Days after the Centre notified fresh rules on regulating digital media content in a gazetted notification, legal experts said the rules were draconian and undemocratic .
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 will change the way the internet will be experienced in India , said the Internet Freedom Foundation, an NGO that conducts advocacy on digital rights and liberties, in a post.
Medianama founder and digital rights activist Nikhil Pahwa said the new rules were undemocratic. On Thursday, the government had termed its new rules as ‘a soft-touch self-regulatory architecture’.
The impact of the guidelines is extremely worrying. The impact of these guidelines is similar to a law itself would have. It looks like the government is using rules to create a law without parliamentary scrutiny, said Pahwa.