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 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 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
News Asia Internet Coalition’s submission on IT Rules flags GAC’s independence, roles, obligation on ‘Fundamental Rights’ Asia Internet Coalition raises concerns in consultation paper on India's IT Rules 2021 such as ensuring user compliance and upholding "Fundamental Rights" Anushka JainAugust 2, 2022
News Parliament Questions: Tracking manipulative apps, social media misuse, not Centre’s duty: MeitY A roundup of important questions in Parliament on tech: no data on social media misuse with Centre, rising cybercrimes in India "cannot be verified" Vallari SanzgiriJuly 29, 2022
News A political commentator attacked a Madras HC judge on Twitter, here’s what happened next Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madras HC initiated suo moto contempt of court proceedings against Savukku Shankar for tweets questioning his integrity Sarvesh MathiJuly 20, 2022
News Can the Government’s Appellate Committee Compel Social Media Platforms to Host Content? India's IT Rules mandate a GAC to address user 'grievances' , but is re-instatement of content removed by a platform a power it should... Guest AuthorJuly 20, 2022
News Why did WhatsApp ban 19 lakh Indian users in May? WhatsApp revealed the figures as part of mandatory compliance reports by social media intermediaries under IT Rules 2021 Sashwata SahaJuly 4, 2022