Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar have resigned from the Council of Ministers ahead of the cabinet expansion later on Wednesday in New Delhi, the Union government said. While Prasad held the Law and Justice; Communications; and Electronics and Information Technology portfolios, Javedkar held Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Information and Broadcasting; and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise portfolios. A press communique from the office of President of India said, "President of India as advised by Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of the following members of Council of Ministers, with immediate effect..." They are — DV Sadananda Gowda Ravi Shankar Prasad Thaawarchand Gehlot Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Dr Harsh Vardhan Prakash Javadekar Santosh Kumar Gangwar Babul Supriyo Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao Rattan Lal Kataria Pratap Chandra Sarangi Debasree Chaudhuri The new ministers for these portfolios have not been announced yet. This is the first reshuffle in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term. These developments come at a time when the new Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 and the OTT Rules, which come under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) respectively, have raised several concerns among key stakeholders. The Intermediary Guidelines and the Digital Media Ethics Code have increased governmental regulatory oversight over the workings of social media platforms and digital media platforms with the help of mechanisms such as grievance redressal systems, inter-governmental committees, and so on. Social media platforms vs RS Prasad's MeitY…
