Social media platforms in India need to remove offending content within 36 hrs of govt order Saturday, February 27, 2021 IWK Bureau
As the Indian Union government notified the new rules for social media intermediaries, the platforms will have to remove offending content within 36 hours after a government directive or a legal order.
Such an action would be taken in case of an unlawful information, which is prohibited under any law for the time being in force in relation to the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states, and public order, among others.
Made-in-India microblogging platform Koo said the new guidelines will help clarify the responsibilities of intermediaries.The government has tightened rules governing social media and streaming companies
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NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday announced sweeping regulations for social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, online streaming or over-the-top (OTT) services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram to protect users’ interest and curb fake news and other harmful content.
The rules make social media firms responsible for the content on their platforms. They will have to deploy automated tools to remove objectionable data. In the case of a government or court order, they must take down the flagged item within 36 hours.
The regulations require messaging platforms to enable the ‘traceability’ feature so that senders of mischievous messages could be identified. But this might compromise end-to-end encryption. If a social media platform decides on its own to remove a user’s content, it must inform the customer in advance and state the reasons.