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As India’s new online gaming regime shapes up, it appears that the industry will be largely left to self regulate, although the latest amended rules do set out a list of criteria that intermediaries, such as the Play Store and App Store, will have to meet.
The statement requests the Indian government to withdraw Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 that authorises a 'fact check unit of Central government' to identify the contents pertaining to 'any business' of the government as 'fake or false or misleading'.
The statement, issued on World Press Freedom Day, is signed by human rights organisation, media and tech right groups like Access Now, Amnesty International, Committee To Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch and Internet Freedom Foundation.
Comedian Kunal Kamra submitted that the Fact Check Unit will have a chilling effect on the citizens and their right to freedom of speech and expression.
Fact Checking Unit under the amended IT Rules will not be notified till July 5, the Central Government told the Bombay High Court today.“I have instructions to make a statement that the FCU will not...