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With the writers strike now entering its eleventh week, and the actors strike now heating up, the massive protests against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have remained strong. But a recent labor grievance filed against NBCUniversal alleges that the studio attempted to infringe on its employees’ right to protest. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild filed a grievance — with SAG also filing a mirror action — with the National Labor Board against NBCUniversal over claims that the…

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The Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs), which started operating in March to settle users’ complaints against social media platforms, will be reviewed later this month and may require more push and publicity, minister of state for electronics and information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, told ET.“We are doing a review later this month. We will take stock of what was going on there. I have not heard anything negative,” the minister said, adding that contrary to expectation, the GACs have not seen a rush of grievances…

Andor remains one of the Star Wars universe’s most well-liked recent releases. The series garnered instant praise for its rich and mature storytelling, particularly when compared against alternate Star Wars series like The Book of Boba Fett. Despite high acclaim, and a genuinely wonderful execution, we’re not sure if Andor quite deserves to be compared to one of cinema’s greatest releases of all time.  Some viewers are still determined to draw parallels between the sci-fi series and one of history’s greatest…

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…

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 formed three grievance appellate committees (GAC) for grievance redressal of complaints of social media users against decisions of grievance redressal officers of social media intermediaries. Of the three, one will be led by the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Indian Cyber Coordination Centre (ICCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), while the other two will be led by joint secretary in charge of Policy and Administration Division in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and…

In line with the amendments issued to IT rules last October, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Meity) has formed three grievance appellate committees (GACs) on Saturday to deal with complaints of social media users against decisions issued by grievance redressal officers of social media intermediaries.ETtech looks at what these GACs would do:Why were the IT rules amended?The social media rules were amended to bring in an additional tier of adjudication to redress grievances that users may have…

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…

The grievance redressal mechanism of many big e-commerce players is not up to the mark as the number of complaints received by the National Consumer Helpline has risen sharply over the last four years, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said on Thursday. Addressing an event organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), Singh said the number of complaints registered on the National Consumer Helpline (NCH) has gone up to 90,000 in November compared to 40,000 in the same month last year. "Four years…