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The MeitY's IT Rules can have a chilling effect on free speech online in India and risks the balkanization of the internet itself, say experts

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS): The Indian government has republished a draft that reveals the plan to form an appeals panel that can reverse content moderation decisions by Big Tech companies like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The IT Ministry republished the draft changes on its website late Monday evening, after quietly withdrawing it last week. In republished draft changes to IT Rules 2021, the IT Ministry (MeitY) stated that the new amendment “will not impact early stage or growth stage Indian companies or startups.” This brings relief to home-grown platforms like Dailyhunt, ShareCh...

India considering appeals panel with power to reverse Facebook, Twitter and YouTube content moderation decisions

A tidal wave of left-wing figures and personalities beclowned themselves online Monday following news that Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink billionaire founder Elon Musk managed to buy out big tech [...]

Are not getting this information, that they're not -- >> getting sucked in. >> yeah, and they're not getting sucked into an algorithm that's going to lead them, like so many other teenage girls and young adults have been sucked into destructive, suicidal behavior? >> that's the key question. and our objective is to require the tech platforms to give parents those tools. in other words, to see what their kids are doing, how much time they're spending, what kinds of products they're following, and to, in effect, work with the kids to take back that power. that give them information they need to ...