Online gaming rules provide clarity, will bolster innovation and growth
Critical issues like addiction and user harm will be addressed by these rules
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Critical issues like addiction and user harm will be addressed by these rules
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 notification of these amended rules will 'cement the chilling effect on the fundamental right to speech and expression', particularly on news publishers, journalists, activists and others, said digital rights group Internet Freedom Foundation.
The grievance appellate committees that will moderate content on social media are not a mode of independent adjudication mechanism and would be subservient to the Union government.
The ASG emphasised that only when there was a threat to the sovereignty of India or public order, would the Central government intervene.