Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules

[Sushubh]

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This reporter, [Clarissa Ward](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarissa_Ward), is the same journalist who just knocked on the door of one of the...

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[Navjot Singh]

Of course.

 

[Sushubh]

Source

 

[Tejas01]

I am sure They will watch why white bearded man won't do press conference. That will be applied there too.

 

[Navjot Singh]

IT Rules 2021 Deter Fake News; No Chilling Effect On Free Speech : Centre Tells Delhi High Court

In an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court, the Central Government has stated that the

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In an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court, the Central Government has stated that the IT Rules 2021, notified earlier this year for regulation of online news and social media platforms, do not muffle the right to free speech in the country.

It claims that the legislative intent behind the Rules is to deter fake news, bring about self-regulation clubbed with a "co-regulatory" mechanism for grievance redressal of the general public and promotion of the right to information.

The Centre has denied the claims that the Rules have been introduced for pre-censorship/ surveillance. It states that the impugned Rules do not contain any provision for monitoring of content of the digital media publishers by the Government or any other body.

 

[Sushubh]

I guess I was wrong about Telegram!

Telegram FAQ

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[Sushubh]

Coercive Application Of IT Rules Against Intermediaries Violate Article 19(1)(a); Oversight Mechanism Robs Media Of Independence : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Thursday

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[Navjot Singh]

Time to get rid of the Madras HC I guess.

 

[Sushubh]

The IT Rules fail the test of constitutionality

Apar Gupta writes: There is judicial consensus that they lack statutory backing and harm freedom of speech and expression.

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[Sushubh]

New law for social media companies in the works

New Delhi: The Union government is considering bringing in a separate law to make social media companies accountable for what they publish as it looks to revise definitions of what constitutes intermediaries and social media firms, people familiar with the matter said | India News

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