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Sibal slams govt over fact-check provisions of IT Amendment Rules

Former IT minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday attacked the Centre over the fact-check provisions of the IT Amendment Rules, saying now the government will decide what is fake and Union Home Minister Amit Shah says democracy is not in danger. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter may lose protection under safe harbour if they fail to remove content identified by the government-notified fact-checker as false or misleading information. Reacting to the development, Sibal said, "Now PIB will decide what is fake and what is not and notify it. If online platforms choose to ignore, they will lose their immunity from prosecution." "Now Government to decide what is fake and what is not! And Amit Shah ji says democracy is not in danger," the Rajya Sabha MP said. Sibal was referring to remarks made by Shah in Uttar Pradesh on Friday when he attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his recent comments in th

Here's how Utah's social media law could curb kids' access to social media

The state of Utah in the USA signed two bills last week restricting the usage of social media for minors. In the proposed Digital India Act, India's IT ministry hinted at similar rules

Congress opposes Centre's new IT rules draft, dubs it 'censorship'

The Congress on Thursday opposed the new IT rules draft and accused the Centre of muzzling the Internet and Censoring Online Content

Centre proposes self-regulatory body for online gaming companies

The gaming companies will have to appoint a Grievance Officer who will be an employee of the online gaming intermediary and shall be a resident of India

Key tech reforms like data protection, revised IT rules, expected in 2023

As India aspires to become $5 trillion economy, it needs sharper regulations to tame Big Tech from misusing market dominance. Will 2023 finally deliver key bills on data protection and crypto?

MeitY may stick with a govt-backed GAC for social media content issues

The IT rules, 2021, require significant social media intermediaries (SSMIs) appoint a resident grievance officer to decide on content-related complaints

IT law takedown provision used to block Krafton BGMI game: Reports

India's government blocked access to Krafton's battle-royale game BGMI under the same provision of its IT law which it has invoked since 2020 to ban Chinese apps on grounds of national security

Centre aims to make Big Tech pay for using content from news publishers

If implemented, the new law will force Big Tech companies to pay digital news publishers a share of the revenue earned via using their original content.

New IT Act may bring in deliberate misinformation, doxxing as offences

The law may have provisions for net neutrality, data privacy, and algorithmic accountability of social media platforms. It will focus on 'user harms' specific to the online world.

Why Twitter sought legal action and moved HC against Indian govt

Twitter in its petition said that content does not meet the threshold for blocking under section 69A

Twitter files petition for judicial review of Indian orders on takedown

On June 27, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a notice to the Chief Compliance Officer of Twitter Inc, giving the company 'one last opportunity'

New IT rules likely to impact ease of business in India, says report

Study says proposal to trace origin of a message on social media platforms is technologically unfeasible

New social media laws in response to rights violations, says Centre

The Indian government last week released a draft of changes to its IT law that would require companies to "respect the rights accorded to the citizens under the constitution of India"

Tighter rules likely for social media firms, may supersede IT laws: Experts

Players stand to lose safe harbour provisions that protect them from third party content; platforms that do not act as intermediaries may be treated as publishers, held accountable for hosted content

Reply to pleas by Facebook, WhatsApp against IT rules: HC to Centre

The pleas have challenged the new rules on the grounds that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstitutional

Appointed permanent officers in compliance of new IT Rules: Twitter

The Delhi high court had earlier expressed displeasure over Twitter Inc for appointing a contingent worker as Chief Compliance Officer

Transfer of pleas against IT rules: SC to hear Centre's petition on July 16

The top court had earlier issued notice on a separate transfer petition filed by the Centre seeking to club all petitions filed in various high courts on the issue of regulating OTT platforms.

New IT rules: SC refuses to stay proceeding before various High Courts

In its plea, the Centre said, the issue of regulating the OTT platform was pending before the top court.

No protection for breach of IT rules: Delhi High Court tells Twitter

The high court said Central government was free to take action against Twitter Inc in case of any breach of the new IT Rules.

Explained: How govt-Twitter fracas put IT laws, content policies in focus

Business Standard explains who can request the takedown of posts on Twitter, how they can do so, and what process the microblogging site follows before deciding to accede to the request or not