The regulatory mechanisms prescribed for digital news portals in the IT Intermediary Rules 2021, notified last month, are dealing with matters that are nowhere mentioned in the parent act the Information Technology Act, 2000, said The Foundation for Independent Journalism and others in their petition challenging the new rules. Hence the Rules are ultra […]
OPINION: Regulating digital news is important but freedom of press is precious
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social media platforms, the government has also put out new rules for
digital news companies.
Digital news can be anything from press conferences to analysis pieces regardless of whether they’re socio-political, economic or cultural in nature.
Digital news organisations are facing a 30-day deadline to register themselves with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).The Indian government has come up with a new set of rules and regulations to regulate social media platforms, messaging services, OTT platforms and news portals.
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Digital news portals have now been brought under the ambit of the rules governing print and television media