The government has notified the threshold for Significant Social Media Intermediaries at 5 million registered users in India. The government issued a notification in the Gazette to this effect on Friday evening. Large social media companies essentially have three months to comply with the requirements specified on them in the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 notified the previous day.
The Rules, 2021 that were notified on Thursday had made the distinction between “Social Media Intermediaries” and “Significant Social Media Intermediaries”, the latter of which is subject to multiple additional compliance requirements. These additional compliances include the need to enable traceability of originators on their platforms, appoints 24X7 nodal officers and deploy automated tools that can take down content proactively.
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NEW DELHI: Indian journalists and digital rights advocates have warned that new social media rules announced on Thursday will further undercut online privacy and freedom of expression in the country.
The new controls give the government more power to police content shared on social media and digital streaming platforms.
It means that Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and other services are more accountable to requests for removal of content and the identification of users who are deemed to have committed illegal acts by authorities.
Under the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, social media platforms have to remove content within 36 hours of receiving a legal order and assist law enforcers in probing cybersecurity-related incidents within 72 hours of receiving a request.