Amendments to the IT Rules 2021

Recently, 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).

About IT Rules, 2021

  • In 2021, government replaced decade old regulations on social media intermediaries (SMIs) with the IT Rules, 2021 that were primarily aimed at placing obligations on SMIs to ensure an open, safe and trusted internet.
  • It also aims at regulating social media intermediaries (SMIs).

Need to amend the IT Rules 2021

  • There was a need to ensure that the interests and constitutional rights of netizens are not being contravened by big ....
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