Information Technology rules

The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) has written to the Centre proposing a "multi-stakeholder consultative approach" for the self-regulatory organisation (SRO) which will be established within the next 120 days for fact-checking.ET has…

Union minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar said while there was no need for a central law for online gaming, it was worth considering for betting and gambling and the MHA will take note. (Image: Twitter/File)The union minister also said there was…

The Delhi High Court asked Google LLC on Friday to inform by April 26 its willingness to make changes by giving a milder warning to users while downloading the WinZO application from the latter’s search engine.A division bench comprising…

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…

Social media giant Meta Inc said on Thursday that it removed 22.9 million posts, including photos, videos and comments, in India across both its platforms Facebook and Instagram for falling short of community standards. Meta published these…

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 minister said platforms ought to remove within 72 hours of flagging, any "misinformation".(File)New Delhi: Junior Information Technology (IT) Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said the latest amendment of IT rules…

Union minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday that the government would soon release the final version of its proposed amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021. He added that other pieces of legislation,…

In accordance with the Information Technology Rules, 2021, tech giant Google India took down nearly four lakh bad content pieces in May through an automated detection process. The company said it received 25,694 complaints from individual…

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has published a 12-point fact-check of the government’s FAQs on Part II of the Information Technology Rules, 2021, which it released on Monday. The rules themselves were notified in February and came…