Rohingya refugees and Facebook The Delhi High Court refused to pass any orders directing social media company Facebook (Meta) to change its algorithm and prevent hate speech against the Rohingya community [Mohammad Hamim and Anr v Facebook India Online Services Pvt Ltd and Ors]. In an order passed on January 30, a bench of Acting …
The government will lay down rules on deepfakes by notifying amendments to the IT Rules in the next seven to eight days, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a press conference at the BJP office on Tuesday. He cited social media companies’ lack of compliance with the advisories issued …
NEW DELHI :The government is set to notify rules that will mandate social media platforms to tackle the menace of deepfakes, after repeated advisories failed to get the desired result, Union minister of state for information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday. “We had issued an advisory and we have also said that if we …
India’s prominent over-the-top (OTT) industry lobby groups have informed the government that their OTT platforms are proactively ensuring compliance with the IT Rules before publishing any content. In separate but identical letters to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), the Indian Digital Media Industry Foundation (IDMIF) and the Internet and Mobile Association of India …
The government has put forward a proposal for a self-regulatory mechanism that includes mandatory player verification and the requirement of a physical Indian address for online gaming companies. This proposal is outlined in the draft online gaming rules that were published on Monday. These rules will cover online gaming platforms under the new IT rules …