About ‘last notice’ & Twitter failing to comply with the intermediary rules
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent ‘one last notice’ to Twitter to comply with the new
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Intermediary Liability
IAMAI forms Digital Publishers Content Grievances Council for OTTs
Pursuant to the mandate of new intermediary rules for OTTs to abide by a three-tier grievance redressal system, the Internet
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Twitter is flagging Tweets as Manipulated Media- but is it legally correct?
Twitter came out with a ‘Synthetic and Manipulated Media Policy’, with an aim to regulate content on its platform. According to Twitter, which rolled out
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A timeline of the new Intermediary rules conflict, event wise
On February 26, 2021, the Ministry of Information & Technology notified the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media
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It is time that Twitter complies with the laws of India: MeitY Statement
Amidst the ongoing tussle with WhatsApp and its challenge to the IT rules, the Government is also at loggerheads with
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Facebook and Google are ready to comply with new intermediary rules
Google and Facebook have expressed their readiness to comply with the new intermediary rules. Government of India had notified the Information Technology (Guidelines
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Florida’s new Law stops Big Tech from banning politicians
In an interesting development, the State of Florida has passed a bill aimed to stop big tech platforms from banning
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Govt. issues advisory to social media to curb misinformation on COVID-19
The Central government has asked all social media platforms to curb misinformation about the corona virus that adds to the raging COVID-19 pandemic. During these unprecedented times,
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Government instructs WhatsApp to retract new privacy policy within 7 days
In its email to WhatsApp, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has urged the company not to implement
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Govt’s legal advisors suggested Parliamentary approval for new IT Rules
Two of the government’s own legal advisers recommended Parliamentary approval of the new Information Technology (IT) Rules. The advisors stated that
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