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If Police or the Magistrate cannot understand the law, donot blame the law

On 25th February 2021, the Government of India notified a landmark set of rules under Section 79 of Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) called the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media ethics Code) Rules 2021. Since the regulation … Continue reading

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The New Digital Media Regulation and the New Media War

The Government of India is trying to fight the Information war with the Twitter which had started the Greta-Disha Attack on the Integrity and sovereignty of India. It was unfortunate that the ASJ hearing the bail pleas of Disha Ravi … Continue reading

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Digital Media Compliance Guidance Center (DMCGC) set up by Naavi.org

With the notification of the new Intermediary Guidelines 2021 (Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021] notified on 25th February 2021, the Digital Publication scenario in India has changed substantially. It will take some time for … Continue reading

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New Intermediary Guidelines

In December 2018, Government of India came up with a draft Intermediary guidelines under Section 79 of ITA 2000/8. Some of the articles written at that time are available below in this link Most of the points discussed at that … Continue reading

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Australian Content Law is disturbing

The war that has erupted between FaceBook and the Australian Government has opened up a can of worms as regards the future of Internet. The proposed law envisages that news producers get rewarded for the news to be picked up … Continue reading

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Letter to MeitY seems to have prompted an immediate response

I recall the 2017 article on this website “Beware of the Cyber Stone pelters” and ” GDPR should not be a license for “Masked Cyber Stone Pelters” to disturb global peace” on the need to regulate irresponsible content which may be … Continue reading

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