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Illustration by Rahul AwasthiThe Centre on Thursday presented the formal outline of the Digital India Act, 2023 where the government is mulling to remove the safe harbour provision for internet intermediaries.Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the logic behind safe harbour "was that internet platforms have absolutely no power or control over the content that some other consumer creates"."But in this day and age, is that really necessary? Is that safe harbour required?" Chandrasekhar…

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 will not permit social media platforms to host any information that it identifies as false, according to a draft proposal of the country's IT rules released this week. This is the latest in a slew of measures by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government that are being seen as efforts to rein in big tech firms. Any information identified as "fake or false" by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), or by any other agency authorised for fact-checking by the government or "by its department in which such business…

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NEW DELHI : The gaming industry has sought clarification from the government on certain key areas of the…

India has drafted regulations for the first time to oversee areas of online gaming that fall into a gray area between gambling and entertainment, seeking to resolve growing complaints of addiction particularly among minors. India has drafted regulations for the first time to oversee areas of online gaming that fall into a gray area between gambling and entertainment, seeking to resolve growing complaints of addiction particularly among minors. The information technology ministry has published proposed rules…

The ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY), which became the nodal ministry to govern online gaming on 23 December, released a draft for public consultation on Monday. The final amendment to the IT rules after industry consultation will be notified by April, the ministry said. The consultation paper defines the term “online game" as “a game that is offered on the Internet and is accessible by a user through a computer resource if he makes a deposit with the expectation of…

The government has proposed a self-regulatory mechanism, mandatory verification of players and physical Indian address for online gaming companies, according to the draft online gaming rules published on Monday. Online gaming companies will be covered under the new IT rules that were issued in 2021 for social media platforms.The online gaming platforms are expected to comply with the laws of the land, including any such law that relates to gambling or betting or the age at which an individual is competent to enter into a…

Image Source : PIXABAY Twitter The new year started with some more banning from Twitter as Elon Musk prohibits around 45,589 accounts in India between October 26 and November 25. The decision was taken post witnessing that the accounts from the country have been promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. The micro-blogging platform is going through…

Elon Musk-run Twitter banned 45,589 accounts in India between October 26 and November 25, for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under its new owner, also took down 3,035 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.In total, Twitter banned 48,624 accounts in the reporting period in India.Read AlsoTwitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received 755 complaints from users in…