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The regulatory mechanisms prescribed for digital news portals in the IT Intermediary Rules 2021, notified last month, are dealing with matters that are nowhere mentioned in the parent act — the Information Technology Act, 2000, said The Foundation for Independent Journalism and others in their petition challenging the new rules. Hence the Rules are ultra […]
Why The Wire Wants the New IT Rules Struck Down Synopsis of the petition moved in the Delhi high court by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of The Wire. File photo of information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar and law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Photo: PTI/File Media09/Mar/2021 On Tuesday, the Delhi high court issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of The Wire, which pleads that the governmentâs new Information Technology (IT) Rules which seek to dictate content to digital news medi...
IT Rules 2021: How online news and current affairs commentators will be impacted March 8, 2021 Social media companies and other online intermediaries are now responsible to monitor ‘news and current affairs’ content on their platforms published by individual journalists, freelancers, satirists or any other commentator. As a result online commentators like Faye D’Souza, Akash Banerjee (DeshBhakt), Dhruv Rathee, Amit Varma (SeenandtheUnseen) and even standup comedians could now fall under the government’s new regulatory framework. Last week, the government notified the Intermediary Liab...
OPINION: Regulating digital news is important but freedom of press is precious Representative imageUnsplash social media platforms, the government has also put out new rules for digital news companies. Digital news can be anything from press conferences to analysis pieces regardless of whether they’re socio-political, economic or cultural in nature. Digital news organisations are facing a 30-day deadline to register themselves with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).The Indian government has come up with a new set of rules and regulations to regulate social media platforms,...
Under the digital media rules, notified by the government last week, foreign news and content publishers will now be answerable to the I&B Ministry. Experts say that the new rules will increase the cost of operations for foreign digital media firms