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Image Source : FREEPIK WhatsApp WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform reportedly banned over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in November 2023. The decision was made in compliance with the latest IT Rules 2021. The company said, between November 1-30, WhatsApp banned 71,96,000 accounts. About 19,54,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any…

Image Source : FILE WhatsApp bans record over 47 lakh bad accounts in India in March WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platfrom has banned a record of over 47 lakh bad accounts from the Indian market in the month of March (2023). The action was taken in compliance with the new IT Rules of 2021. Between March 1 and March 31, approximately 4,715,906 WhatsApp…

Centre launches Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC): What social media users need to know | Photo: PexelsThe Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has launched a new digital platform called Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC). The online only platform aims to empower the lakhs of social media users in India. The GAC will be taking up concerns regarding content and other social media related issues.  “The move is to make sure that the internet remains open and safe for users in the country. These are early days…

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…