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Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of November 2023, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company said on Monday.
Speaking at the India Internet Governance Forum, Chandrasekhar said that “multistakeholderism” and consultative policymaking was the approach of the government when it came to tech policymaking.
The Minister of State for Information Technology and Electronics has made it clear, the government is the only body with access to factual data to certify any online speech as fake or otherwise.
The aim of these amendments is to enforce greater due diligence by online gaming and social media intermediaries in respect of online games & fake or false misleading information related to Government business.
The Grievance Appellate Committees will hear appeals from users challenging decisions of social media companies to remove or moderate content on their platforms