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Outline 'safe harbour' protection for social media intermediaries review plan: Parl panelA parliamentary panel wants the government to review safe harbour rules for social media. This is to combat the growing problem of fake new...- ETtech Explainer: Inside Karnataka’s fake news bill, what it means for Big TechThe development is seeing parallels being drawn with the Emergency of 1975, with critics warning of a potential threat to free speech, and ...
- Supreme Court puts on hold govt's fact-check unit notificationThe stay will remain in place till the Bombay High Court finally decides the constitution validity of the Information Technology (Intermedi...
- More power to fact checkers, not govSupreme Court stopped GoI's Fact Checking Unit, pending Bombay HC's IT Rules decision. Platforms must prevent fake news to keep safe harbou...
- How is Election Commission preparing for the new challenge of the misinformation monster?Misinformation is not just an electoral issue in Indian elections but across the many democracies going to polls this year. Last month’s In...
- Brands, managers seek legal balm to end deepfakes and painThe latest call for action comes after Sachin Tendulkar on Monday called out a deepfake video circulating online that falsely showed him en...
- 2023: AI becomes hashtag, goes mainstream; India sets guardrails for data privacy, user safetyFrom excitement and awe around Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the virality of OpenAI's ChatGPT and India's crackdown on deepfakes to New D...
- Social media companies have seven days to tweak terms of use around deepfakes: Rajeev ChandrasekharIntermediaries will have to “explicitly” warn users that they cannot “host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or sh...
- Karnataka’s fact-checking unit will need Centre’s assistance: State IT minister Priyank KhargeState IT minister Priyank Kharge defends the fact-check unit, saying it will help curb fake news
- Innovation can't be excuse for tech firms to ignore user harm from their actions: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharApart from making child sexual abuse material, pornography, and religiously inciting content a “no-go area” for intermediaries, the governm...
- Google’s vision on fact-check, misinformation aligned with government intent: Google India head Sanjay GuptaGoogle India country manager and vice president Sanjay Gupta said the company will meet the government's requirement around fact-checking.
- SRO to vet fact-checkers for non-government-related news gets Centre's nodOver the next few days, the Misinformation Combat Alliance is likely to provide details, such as the timeline for setting up the SRO and th...
- Technology firms to support non-profit forming SRO to vet fact-checkersAlthough Snap, Twitter and Jio haven't officially confirmed that they will support MCA, others like Google, Meta, ShareChat and Koo have gi...
- PIB set to get powers to flag fake news about govt bodiesAsked what happens to social media intermediaries who do not agree with PIB fact checking a piece of content and do not take down content, ...
- New IT Rules decoded: What the amendments mean for social media firmsThe amendments were enforced by the Union government citing growing concerns about the lack of transparency or accountability, and to safeg...
- Twitter, Facebook, other social media cos will have to abide by local laws: IT ministerIndia's tweaking of IT rules allow formation of Centre-appointed panels, that will settle often-ignored user grievances against content dec...
- Twitter, Facebook, other social media cos will have to abide by local laws: MinisterIndia's tweaking of IT rules allow formation of Centre-appointed panels, that will settle often-ignored user grievances against content dec...
- Grievance appellate committee mechanism for social media complaints in offingWhile tech giant Meta (which owns Facebook and WhatsApp) and microblogging site Twitter have been pushing for a self-regulated grievance ap...
- Mostly independent members in social media grievance forumTo ensure independent functioning of panel; changes to IT rules to be finalised in a fortnight
- Tech lobby takes India to task over plans to police online contentTech giants are preparing to fight the changes in the "intermediary guidelines", according to reports.
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