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(This story originally appeared in on Apr 22, 2023)The Centre’s affidavit before the Bombay high court has justified its new ‘fact check panel’ rule saying false information on social media has “potential to fan separatist movement,…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is giving itself authority to constitute a fact checking unit with sweeping powers to determine what news is fake or false with respect to the business of the central…

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has released draft amendments to the IT intermediary rules 2021, pertaining to Online Gaming for public consultations. In the draft amendments, the government has proposed a…

NEW DELHI: The government on Monday suggested that companies that offer online games involving money should be treated on a par with social media firms in terms of regulatory compliances and obligations. It has sought a compulsory…

The government has invited applications from Indian citizens holding at least a bachelor’s degree to serve as whole-time members of the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) as proposed under the revised Intermediary Guidelines and Digital…

State governments will be tasked with overseeing law and order issues related to online gaming within their jurisdictions, even as the Union government defines the overarching regulations for the industry, people in the know told ET. The…

The government is aware of the possible risk and challenges of online gaming, including the risk of “violence abetting video games, addiction to it, and consequential financial loss,” the minister of state for electronics and information…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a notification amending the IT Rules. In the notification, the ministry said a three-member Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) will be set up by the Centre. These…

The government has directed YouTube to block 45 YouTube videos from 10 YouTube channels. The ministry of information & broadcasting issued orders to block the concerned videos late last week (September 23) under the provisions of the…

NEW DELHI : Intermediaries such as social media firms will not be allowed to track users all the time under the guise of enforcing the first originator rules, the government said on Monday and reiterated that…