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Best of BS Opinion: A change in direction, healing a weak regulator & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

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Rajesh Kumar New Delhi
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

The new rules for information technology intermediaries have troubling aspects which will negatively impact freedom of expression. The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, give the government wide-ranging discretionary powers to censor online news and social media platforms, and to take punitive actions against them. In this context, our lead editorial notes that these guidelines will create discretionary systems which can be selectively applied to harass political opponents and shut down criticism. No democracy, which guarantees freedom of expression, should formulate such draconian