India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New Delhi, Feb 25: Concerns have been raised about the rampant abuse of social media platforms and spread of fake news, Information Technology Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, while announcing the new guidelines to curb the misuse of social media platforms.
The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 for the first time prescribes how digital news organisations, OTTs and social media platforms will be regulated by the government.
Social media intermediaries have to appoint grievance officer, who shall register complaints in 24 hours, the minister also said. There will be 2 categories, intermediary which can be social media intermediary and significant social media intermediary, the minister also added.
The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021:
Social media…