Watch the video recording of our discussion on App Bans, Network Fees and OTT regulation, held in Delhi on August 10.
We had a great lineup of speakers and some brilliant conversations, with over 90 people attending the event offline.
This comes as a relief as an ET report in April had suggested that MCA would have the same powers as the government fact-check unit under the recent IT Rules amendment.
In April this year, an EconomicTimes report claimed that the IT Ministry had given the go-ahead to the Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) to set up a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for Indian fact-checkers for non-government-related content.
However, there is no law that allows the government to approve an SRO for fact-checkers. The recently amended IT Rules only allow the government to notify a fact-checking unit for government-related news………….continue reading
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