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Digital news platforms flay new rules March 03, 2021 × ‘These rules in some places appear to go against the fundamental principle of news and its role in a democracy’ The government’s new rules for digital news platforms -- which involve a three-tier structure of regulation with a government committee at its apex -- go against the fundamental principle of news and its role in a democracy, and will have a chilling effect on the freedom of press and speech, whilst also resulting in government control rather than regulation, say digital news platforms and digital liberty organisations. T...

Why the New IT Rules Beg Urgent Judicial Review The new intermediary rules have conferred unbridled powers to the executive, potentially in complete disregard to the constitutionally guaranteed rights of freedom of speech and expression. Facebook and Twitter app icons on a smartphone. Photo: Reuters The Caravan, a leading investigative journalism magazine was withheld. News agency ANI soon reported that around 250 accounts had been withheld by Twitter in India upon request from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act,...

India's new IT rules must to be used to force intermediaries to break end-to-end encryption or to stop their plans to offer it, said the Internet Society.

Netflix censored a crude drawing of male genitalia and breasts on a South Park episode in India. The company has since removed the blurring.

Code empowers I&B secretary to block online content without hearing the platforms