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The government has issued notice to social media platforms including Telegram, YouTube and X to remove all child sex abuse material and groups circulating such content, Parliament was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to Rajya Sabha said that the social media platforms have been informed that existing rules cast obligations on the intermediaries, including social media firms, to observe due diligence and if they fail to observe such due diligence, they…

Meta, the parent organisation of Facebook and Instagram, said in a report that it took down over 33 million pieces of content across 125 policies on its social media platforms in April in India.In its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the company said that it purged 27.7 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 5.4 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram between April 1-30. Big digital and social media…

(This story originally appeared in on Apr 22, 2023)The Centre’s affidavit before the Bombay high court has justified its new ‘fact check panel’ rule saying false information on social media has “potential to fan separatist movement, intensify social and political conflict, while weakening public trust in democratic institutions.”In response to a petition by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra against the constitution of a government-run fact-checking unit, it pointed to emerging tech like AI and sophisticated tools that have…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is giving itself authority to constitute a fact checking unit with sweeping powers to determine what news is fake or false with respect to the business of the central government, and content take down orders to intermediaries, the Editors Guild of India (EGI) said in a statement on Friday. The EGI said that it is "deeply disturbed" by the move and has sought its withdrawal. The EGI is an association of news editors in the country. "The Ministry's notification…

Reaffirming its commitment to protecting the safety and trust of digital citizens, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, related to online gaming and spread of false and misleading information regarding government business. Responding to questions on fact-check body, Minister of State for Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said, "The dangers of misinfo & impact of patently false info in…

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…

State governments will be tasked with overseeing law and order issues related to online gaming within their jurisdictions, even as the Union government defines the overarching regulations for the industry, people in the know told ET. The legal framework, which will provide “light touch” regulation of gaming intermediaries, will also require them to appoint grievance redressal executives and nodal contact executives who can deal with law enforcement agencies, they added. The new rules are likely to be introduced for public…

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…

Social media major Meta took action against 2.7 crore on Facebook and Instagram in July, the company said in its monthly transparency report. The company took action against 2.5 crore posts on Facebook and 20 lakh posts on Instagram to comply with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. On Facebook, action against 1.73 crore spam content was taken. It was followed by 27 lakh post related to "adult nudity and sexual activity" and 23 lakh "violent and graphic content"…