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On Friday, the central government stated that it would set up an appeals panel as concerned users have no source to help in a difficult situation if they objected to moderation decisions of social media companies such as Meta, Twitter or Google.
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The Grievance Appellate Committees will hear appeals from users challenging decision of social media companies to remove or moderate content on their platforms.
The three-member Grievance Appellate Committee(s) will be set in three months, a gazette notification issued by MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) said.
The government on Friday notified amended Information Technology rules under which appellate panels will be set up for addressing grievances of users against social media platforms.The government has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2022. According to the new rules, government-appointed appellate committees will be set up in three months for resolving the grievances of social media users. The notification said each grievance appellate committee shall consist of a chairperson and two whole-time members appointed by the ...