Grievance Appellate Committees

The central government last week issued a notification for setting up the Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) to look into users' complaints against social media giants, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagramas well as other internet…

The government has established three Grievance Appellate Committeesbased on the recently amended Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021) to look into users' complaints against internet…

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) set up by the government to look into users' complaints against large social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram will…

In line with the amendments issued to IT rules last October, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Meity) has formed three grievance appellate committees (GACs) on Saturday to deal with complaints of social media users…

The government has formed three grievance appellate committees (GAC) for grievance redressal of complaints of social media users against decisions of grievance redressal officers of social media intermediaries. Of the three, one will be led…

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) set up by the government to look into users' complaints against large social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram will…

<!-- -->Details will be put up for stakeholder consultation by early January.(File)New Delhi: The government is considering three grievance appellate committees (GACs) to look into complaints by users against decisions of social media…

A provision for the setting up of Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) in the amended IT Rules may lead to the government having a disproportionate say in relation to user content hosted by social media intermediaries, experts have said.…

<!-- -->The tighter IT rules now pave the way for the setting up of government-appointed GACs. (File)New Delhi: The government will come out with proposed modalities and terms of references for setting up grievance appellate…

The new amendments to IT rules impose a legal obligation on social media companies to take all out efforts to prevent barred content and misinformation, the government said on Saturday making it clear that platforms such as Twitter and…