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Don't register cases under repealed Section 66A of IT Act: Centre to states

The Centre on Wednesday asked the states to direct their police not to register cases under the repealed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 related to posting online comments. The Supreme Court in 2015 had struck down the controversial Section 66A of the IT Act that made posting "offensive" comments online a crime punishable by jail, after a long campaign by defenders of free speech. However, recently, the apex court had said that it was shocking that the judgment striking down the law has not been implemented even now. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has requested states and Union Territories (UTs) to direct all police stations under their jurisdiction not to register cases under the repealed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, a home ministry statement said. The ministry said it has also asked the states and UTs to sensitise law enforcement agencies for the compliance of the order issued by the Supreme Court on March 24, 2015. The MHA has als

Received 94 grievances, actioned 133 URLs in May 26-Jun 25: Twitter report

Twitter received 94 grievances and "actioned" 133 URLs between May 26 and June 25, the microblogging platform said in its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules.

Twitter names resident grievance officer, publishes report under IT rules

Amid tensions with government, Twitter has appointed a Resident Grievance Officer, released its first India Transparency Report to meet the new IT rules.

'Law of land is supreme, Twitter must follow rule,' says new IT Minister

The 51-year old took charge as the IT, Communications and Railways minister on Thursday, a day after the Cabinet reshuffle

Ravi Shankar Prasad: The minister who took on big tech over compliance

While Digital India, PLI for electronics have been big focus areas for him, Prasad will be remembered for sending a strong message to FB, WhatsApp and Twitter to follow the rules of the land

Twitter lost immunity for non-compliance with IT Rules: Centre to HC

Govt counsel says grievance officer located in the US; Twitter said on Saturday it is in the process to appoint a local one

Registration of FIR under Section 66A of IT Act, terrible and shocking: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed shock at the practice of police registering FIRs under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which was struck down by the top court in the 2015 judgment

Google publishes report under new IT rules, removes 59K pieces of content

The total number of complaints received by Google in the reported period was 27,762, of which 96.2 per cent related to copyright issues, 1.3 per cent were related to trademark, 1 per cent defamation

After sinking billions, Walmart, Amazon haven't learnt their place in India

India is effectively muzzling the two leading US players. and it's tilting balance in favor of offline commerce, away from digital startups that are India's best bet for rebuilding the economy.

Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari booked for showing wrong map of India

The microblogging platform removed the map on Monday night

Amid tussle with govt, Twitter's interim grievance officer for India quits

The social media company's website no longer displays his name, as required under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021

Rule of law

Hounding tech platforms can't be the solution

Govt responds to UN Special Rapporteurs concerns over new IT Rules

Says Meity, IB ministry undertook broad consultations in 2018 with various stakeholders before finalising the rules

UN Special Rapporteurs write to govt against IT Rules, ask for review

They say the IT Rules seem to be at variance with international law and standards on privacy rights and freedom of opinion and expression, to which India is a signatory

Courts, not govt to decide intermediary status: law experts on Twitter row

Reports on Wednesday suggested Twitter may have lost its intermediary status under the Information Technology Act for not complying with the newly notified Information Technology Rules, 2021.

Govt notifies 5-mn-user threshold for significant social media intermediary

Facebook and Twitter said they are studying the rules; Experts question compliance with PDP Bill

OTT players apprehensive as Govt tightens rules on curated content

Legal experts say notifying rules for OTTs under IT Act may not be tenable; industry players seek clarity on oversight mechanism

Twitter restores accounts it had withheld after govt's legal request

MeitY Uses recourse u/s 69A of the Act, sends legal request in the matter

Over 3,600 web links blocked last year for 'unlawful, malicious content'

"Under this provision, 1,385, 2,799 and 3,635 URLs were blocked during the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively," Prasad added

Budget 2020: I-T Act may allow seizure of trustees' personal assets

The new provision is likely to come in Budget next month