Ritesh K Srivastava | May 27, 2021, 12:17 PM IST 1/7 India frames tougher IT rules for social media The Government of India (GoI) has recently announced new sweeping rules to regulate social media firms, streaming services and digital news outlets, posing new challenges for social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp etc.
Notably, the rules require significant social media intermediaries - providing services primarily in the nature of messaging - to enable identification of the "first originator" of the information that undermines sovereignty of India, security of the state, or public order. 2/7 What are the requirements of new IT rules