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Intermediary Liability

Haugen Testimony Standing Committee on IT
Intermediary Liability 

Standing Committee on IT awaits Speaker’s assent for Haugen testimony

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Rohit Ranjan Praveer 0 Comments Facebook, Frances Haugen, Shashi Tharoor, Standing Committee, Whistleblower

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has submitted a request to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to summon Facebook

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Intermediary guidelines 2021 FAQ
Intermediary Liability 

MeitY issues FAQ on Intermediary Guidelines 2021

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Rohit Ranjan Praveer 0 Comments Due Diligence, End-to-End Encryption, FAQ, grievance redressal, intermediary guidelines 2021, intermediary law, intermediary liability, Intermediary Rules, meity

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has finally issued clarifications on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media

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facebook anti-rohingya U.S. court
Intermediary Liability 

MeitY seeks details on Facebook algorithm after Whistleblower allegations

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 Pukhraj Biala 0 Comments Algorithm, Facebook, Frances Haugen, Mark Zuckerberg, meity, Whistleblower

Weeks after Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen’s testimony, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has written a letter to

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hate speech eu facebook
Information Technology Intermediary Liability 

Social Media is flagging and removing lesser hate speech content: EU

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Rohit Ranjan Praveer 0 Comments european union, Facebook, instagram, social media, TikTok, twitter, YouTube

An evaluation by the European Commission shows that social media companies flagged and removed less hate speech content than in

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Australia High Court defamation law CNN
Information Technology Intermediary Liability Tech Verdicts 

Australia is redrafting its defamation laws after disputed court judgment

October 7, 2021October 28, 2021 Rohit Ranjan Praveer 0 Comments australia, Defamation, Facebook, High Court of Australia, news publishers

Australia is urgently redrafting its defamation laws after a court ruling found news publishers liable for user comments on their

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facebook anti-rohingya U.S. court
Intermediary Liability Tech Verdicts 

U.S. Court orders Facebook to release data of anti-Rohingya accounts

September 24, 2021October 28, 2021 Pukhraj Biala 0 Comments Facebook, intermediary law, Myanmar, privacy, Rohingya, United States

A federal judge in the U.S. has ordered Facebook to give information of accounts linked to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar.

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russia facebook fine
Intermediary Liability 

Russia imposes fine on Facebook & Twitter for not deleting banned content

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Pukhraj Biala 0 Comments Facebook, intermediary liability, Russia, twitter

On Tuesday, a Court in Russia imposed a fine on Facebook and Twitter for failing to remove content that the

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WhatsApp 7 days
Information Technology Intermediary Liability 

Re-engineer platforms to comply with traceability requirement: Govt.

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Rajat Chawda 0 Comments End to End Encryption, Facebook, Intermediary Rules, meity, Traceability Requirement, WhatsApp

The government has reiterated its support for the traceability requirement. It has made clear that social media platforms must “re-engineer

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Single Media Law Umbrella IT rules
Information Technology Intermediary Liability 

Govt may bring a single law to regulate all media

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 Rajat Chawda 0 Comments Cable Network, Cinematography Act, Digital Media, digital media ethics code, Intermediary Rules, Press Council of India

To maintain a level playing field, the Union government may implement a single media law to regulate all traditional and

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inter-departmental committee it rules
Information Technology Intermediary Liability 

CII, FIICI to be members of the inter-departmental committee under IT Rules

August 17, 2021August 19, 2021 Rajat Chawda 0 Comments digital media ethics code, FICCI, Inter-Departmental Committee, Intermediary Rules, meity

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has written to industry organizations to nominate members for the inter-departmental committee (IDC)

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Maridhas Twitter FIR Madras High Court
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FIR against Maridhas for objecting to joy over Gen. Rawat’s death quashed

December 15, 2021December 18, 2021 Rohit Ranjan Praveer 0

The Madras High Court has quashed an FIR against YouTuber Maridhas who objected to the celebration of CDS Bipin Rawat’s

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