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In Sum and Substance, New Digital Media Rules Establish a Confusing Playing Field


In Sum and Substance, New Digital Media Rules Establish a Confusing Playing Field
While nobody can doubt the need for accountability, the manner in which the rules were created raises legal questions while the overarching logic of the substance is confusing.
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Media28/Feb/2021
An over two-year-long process that was primarily meant to make the content moderation processes of Silicon Valley’s social media giants more responsible has cast a broad regulatory net over seemingly unrelated issues that have plagued the Narendra Modi government for the last six years.

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New social media rules may raise compliance cost, make competition tough for smaller cos: Indian executives

Significant social media intermediaries will have to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer - with all three officials residing in India

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New social media rules may raise compliance cost, make competition tough for smaller cos: Ind execs

Significant social media intermediaries will have to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer - with all three officials residing in India.

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New social rules make it tougher for small players to compete: Experts


The new social media intermediary rules could raise compliance costs for players, making it difficult for smaller companies to compete against bigger giants like Facebook, according to industry watchers.
The new rules, announced last week, distinguish between 'social media intermediaries' and 'significant social media intermediaries' with 50 lakh registered users as the threshold for the categorisation.
Significant social media intermediaries will have to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer - with all three officials residing in India.
Large players like Facebook have said they are studying the rules.

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India's new digital media guidelines are part of Modi's reforms

India's new digital media guidelines are part of Modi's reforms
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Govt lays down guidelines for social media channels and OTT platforms under new IT Rules


Highlights
Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar announced the new Digital Media Ethics Code.
This new document mentions section 87 of the IT Act, 2000 which offers the government powers to make such rules.
New Delhi: The government of India will bring the online news media publishers under the same gambit as the traditional media publishers, such as newspapers and news channels.
In a press conference, chaired by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Law & Justice, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister of India, and Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Information & Broadcasting; & Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises on Thursday 
The document mentions section 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 that offers the government powers to make such rules.

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Facebook, Netflix Face Fresh Scrutiny As India Announces New Rules

India joined the global regulatory push to rein in Silicon Valley technology giants, tightening rules that govern how social media and streaming companies do business in the world's biggest democracy.

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Twitter Dispute: India Plans New Social Media Regulations to Remove Controversial Content

Twitter Dispute: India Plans New Social Media Regulations to Remove Controversial Content
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India plans new social media controls after Twitter face-off

Chafing from a dispute with Twitter, India plans to oblige social media companies to erase contentious content fast and assist investigations, ...

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India plans new social media controls after Twitter face off

Chafing from a dispute with Twitter, India plans to oblige social media companies to erase contentious content fast and assist investigations, according to a draft regulation. 



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