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Adverse reporting as agenda driven and fake. a minister in the modi government famously coined the term retstitutes to give an example of how people in high offices have essentially fanned attacks on journalists. and it's created a chilling effect where it's become harder to do free and actually rigorous journalism that speaks truth to power. and then on top of that, the government's brought this draconian instrument of the information technology rules that are being used with in a rather opaque manner, as raman just explained. and those those it guidelines you're referencing are the same guid...

WhatsApp clarified that it accords highest priority to the privacy of its users and that it will not confine its functionality for users not consenting to its new privacy policy, but will continue to send reminders about the update

Government Never Threatened Staff of Social Media Platforms With Jail Term: IT Ministry The statement comes a month after the Centre and Twitter faced off over the former's demand to remove accounts and posts related to the farmers' protest. A logo of Twitter is pictured next to the logo of Facebook in this illustration. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Tech14/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The government has never threatened employees of any social media platform, such as Twitter, of jail term, the IT Ministry has said. Reacting to reports that alluded to Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter employees being threate...

OTT platforms should self-classify the content into five age based categories --- U (Universal), U/A, (people above 7 years), U/A above (13 years), U/A (above 16 years), and A (all the adults), said the government on Thursday while announcing guidelines for these platforms. "Platforms would be required to implement parental locks for content classified as U/A 13+ or higher, and reliable age verification mechanisms for content classified as A," it said. The publisher of online curated content would also be required to display the classification rating specific to each content or programme t...

The government on Thursday announced new information technology rules to curb the misuse of social media platforms. It mandated firms to appoint a grievance officer and disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove it within 36 hours. The rules said content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women needed to be removed within 24 hours. The rules notified by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will affect players such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter, and will include OTT (over the top) platforms ...