Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
What is wrong with Internet Freedom Foundation?
Internet Freedom Foundation is an organization that has been promoted by knowledgeable legal experts. However in recent times the statements coming out of IFF are biased and lack proper research. One of the latest such statements is on the new … Continue reading
“Deeply Disturbed” Editor’s Guild is Wrong
The Editor’s Guild was in the news recently calling the Intermediary rules released by the Meity on 7th April 2023 as “Draconian”, “Regrettable” and urging the Ministry to withdraw the notification. In our set of articles ending with “Fact Check … Continue reading
The Fact Check Compliance
(This is in continuation of the previous articles on this subject) Consequent to the issue of the Intermediary Guidelines of April 6, 2023, there would be a new requirement related to the compliance of ITA 2000/8. While some activists continue … Continue reading
Is Editor’s Guild itself putting out a fake news?
Yesterday, Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar announced an amendment to Intermediary rules under section 79 of ITA 2000 regarding curbing of Fake news on the Internet. The proposal suggested that a “Fact Checking Agency” would be set up to assist the identification … Continue reading
There is no Right to Fake News
The Government of India has now come out with a new version of the InformationTechnology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 which was first notified on 25th February 2021. On 28th October 2022, there was an amendment … Continue reading
Gaming Intermediaries..Final Guidelines released
The Intermediary Guidelines covering the Gaming Intermediaries which had been released for public comments has now been notified. This will be an amendment to the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media EThics Code of 25th February 2021. Copy of the guidelines … Continue reading