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It has been a month since three Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) were formed on March 1 enabling users with a redressal mechanism to appeal against content moderation decisions taken by social media platforms. In the past one month, the GACs have received 33 appeals out of which 19 have been disposed of. It has been a month since three Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) were formed on March 1 enabling users with a redressal mechanism to appeal against content moderation decisions taken by social media…

The Delhi High Court has asked Chinese smartphone maker Vivo to approach the PMLA Appellate Tribunal in relation to the freezing of its bank accounts pursuant to a money laundering probe by the Enforcement Directorate.Justice Prathiba M Singh asked Vivo, which has already filed an appeal before the tribunal, to file a plea there itself for interim relief and clarified that until a decision, interim or final, is taken by the tribunal, the high court's earlier orders asking the company to furnish bank guarantee of Rs. 950…

In a bid to empower millions of Indian social media users, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, launched the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) that will look into their concerns regarding content and other issues.The IT Ministry last month notified to establish three Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) as required under the recently amended IT Rules, 2021."The move is to make sure that the internet remains open and safe for users in the country. These are early days for the committee and it…

The government has invited applications from Indian citizens holding at least a bachelor’s degree to serve as whole-time members of the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) as proposed under the revised Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, better known as the Information Technology Rules, 2021. Applicants must have worked at a position not lower than two levels below the director of a company or member of a corporate governing body of either a listed entity or a company which has paid up capital of Rs 100…