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The bench upheld that the rules did not provide any protection to criticism of the Government as is done through parody and satire. Kunal Kamra challenged the revised Rule 3(1)(b)(v) and mentioned that Rule 3(i)(II)(A) of the IT Rules is ultra vires to Section 79 of the IT Act and to Article 14 and 19(1)(a), 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India.

Govt. Amends IT Rules, Panels In 3 Months To Hear Social Media User Complaints

The Centre tweaks Information Technology Rules, On Friday This would aid in settling user issues against the way social media platforms regarding content and other matters, initially.

IT Rules To Be Amended In Next Few Days, Says Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Tech

During an event organised by the US-India Business Council (USIBC), the minister said, "A series of new legislation will be brought out in the next few months such as a revised bill on data protection, the Digital India Act, and a data governance framework"

Twitter Complies With Meity's Final Notice: Report

Gadgets & Technology

The government in May had asked Twitter to act on content related to Khalistan and accounts eulogising terrorists in Kashmir. Later in June, the government asked Twitter to act on around 60 accounts

IT Rules Govt Issues FAQs; Says Norms Consistent With Freedom Of Speech, Expression

Offering opportunity to interact with unknown persons or users, and ability of enabling virality of content by facilitation of sharing would also amount to enabling online interaction

Nothing Remains In Plea Alleging Non-Compliance Of IT Rules By Twitter After Centre Is Satisfied:HC

Justice Rekha Palli further noted that Twitter has already dealt with the complaint raised by the petitioner -- lawyer Amit Acharya -- with regards to certain objectionable tweets and thus the petition has become infructuous.

Govt Paid Rs 164.5 Cr To Infosys For New I-T Portal: Chaudhary

The government launched the new income tax e-filing portal as part of the Integrated e-filing and Centralized Processing Centre 2.0 Project.

Criminal Liabilities Of Twitter India MD

Prateek Som

In the present case, Twitter MD Mr. Manish Maheshwari is, as per reports directly responsible for the sales of Twitter India and is not directly involved in policy decision making and key managerial decisions which may have imputed the criminal acts for which the FIR’s in India are registered.

Twitter Has Failed To Comply With IT Rules, Centre Tells HC

The response from the government comes after yet another petition pointed out to the non compliance of the IT Rules with regards to Twitter's failure to appoint a Grievance Redressal Officer

First Compliance Report By Google, FB Under New IT Rules Big Step Towards Transparency: Prasad

Economy India

Under the new IT rules, large digital platforms that have over 5 million users are required to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon.

Received 27,700 User Complaints, Removed Over 59,000 Content Pieces In Apr In India: Google

Companies & Markets Sector Reports

As per Google's report that has been released on Wednesday, Google and YouTube received 27,762 complaints from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms during April 2021.

IT Rules Not Applicable To Search Engine: Google; HC Seeks Centre's Stand