CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian government notified the amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, that would facilitate the setting up of Grievance Appellate Committee(s) (GAC) for oversight on the social media content moderation and responses by the intermediaries.

Detailed explanation-2: -On October 28, 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) notified the Amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021”).

Detailed explanation-3: -All Internet intermediaries are now required to make “reasonable efforts” to cause the user not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information that, inter alia, is illegal, obscene, infringes any IP, or is misleading, impersonating, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -The story so far: The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) on October 28.