News In comments on IT Rules, NLUD’s CCG flags ‘Corporate Censorship’ and unequal ‘grievance redressal’ Submission says that under the IT Rules as they are, social media intermediaries will face complaince burden, risk censorship, and have legal unclarity Aarathi GanesanAugust 12, 2022
News IT Rules 2021: Now Google concerned about SRB mechanism for social media platforms Google is not in favour of self-regulation mechanism being mooted for content regulation on social media under India's IT Rules, says Reuters Vallari SanzgiriAugust 12, 2022
News IT Rules 2021: MeitY sticks to its guns, pushes for GAC for social media companies The government is likely to go ahead with a Grievance Redressal Committee (GAC) for social media companies despite objections Vallari SanzgiriAugust 11, 2022
News ‘No Systematic Action Against Offshore Betting and Gambling Websites’ in India, Says Report A report studies the prevelance and harms of offshore betting and gambling sites in India, concluding that there's a lot more to be done Aarathi GanesanAugust 11, 2022
News In comments on IT Rules amendments, SFLC looks at the legality of changes and way forward Software Freedom and Law Centre (SFLC) raised concerns on the GAC and "overzealous" censorship in comments on India's IT Rules during consultation Anushka JainAugust 8, 2022
News Internet Freedom Foundation Asks MeitY to Rework 2021 Rules IFF also strongly opposed the intermediary Self Regulatory Body proposed by Koo. Anushka JainAugust 5, 2022
News Over 2 million accounts banned on WhatsApp in June, shows compliance report Popular messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Meta, banned 2 million accounts in India in June 2022, as per compliance report under IT Rules 2021 Anushka JainAugust 5, 2022
News Twitter witnesses steep drop in grievances during June over May 2022 The majority of grievances received by Twitter this years in India were over abuse and harassment, it said in its compliance report MitakshAugust 4, 2022
News Summary: Tech companies adopt self-regulatory code to tackle harmful online content in New Zealand Tech companies Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitch,and Twitter have adopted a self-regulatory code to tackle harmful online content in New Zealand Sarvesh MathiAugust 3, 2022
News No need to add provision for intermediaries to respect fundamental rights, says CUTS on IT Rules amendments In its submissions amid consultations on the amendments to India's IT Rules 2021, the think tank questioned the GAC and raised other compliance issues Anushka JainAugust 3, 2022