Grievance Appellate Committee

WhatsApp took action after receiving orders from the Grievance Appellate Committee, which began operations on March 1. (Image: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)A report released by WhatsApp, which is under the Meta umbrella, received 4,377…

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned more than 2.9 million accounts in India in the month of January, which is much lower in comparison to the 3.6 million accounts that it blocked in the previous month of…

The Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) that will look into users' complaints regarding unsatisfactory grievance redressal by social media intermediaries (SSMIs) was launched by the minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev…

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…

The new Information Technology (IT) rules impose a legal obligation on social media companies to make all efforts to prevent prohibited content and misinformation, the government said on Saturday, making it clear that platforms operating in…

The Government of India this week notified rules under which it will set up appellate panels to redress grievances that users may have against decisions of social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook on hosting contentious content.…

IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said the modalities defining the structure and scope of Grievance Appellate Committees will be worked out soon, and hoped that their formation will, in fact, discourage social media platforms…

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