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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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Legal Metrology Act and its impact on ITA 2000

The legal aspects of the use of electronic documents were first introduced in India through the Information Technology Act 2000 which therefore became the mother of all legislations related to electronic documents. The forth coming Personal Data Protection Act will … Continue reading

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Is GoDaddy abetting crimes by hiding the identity of domain owners?

It is a common practice for domain registrars to provide a facility called “Privacy Protect” where by the WhoIs information of a domain is hidden from the public view. Neither ICANN or some GDPR supervisory authorities have understood the proper … Continue reading

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Twitter vs Govt of India: Curbing social media

(First Published on India Legal-Print magazine) There is a virtual war being unleashed over Twitter. On February 4, the government sent it a list of 1,178 accounts that it wants removed or blocked. The centre alleged that these accounts were … Continue reading

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YouTube Channels .. the good and the bad

In recent days we have been discussing the Social Media Platforms like Twitter and how the platform is supporting ideologically biased views. These platforms are normally referred to as “Social Media”. By the use of the term “Media” these platforms get … Continue reading

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Can Twitter be tamed with ITA 2000?

Twitter has set the Indian legislators thinking. It has defied the demand of the Indian Government for removal of some tweets and accounts. Out of the 1178 requests (Or should we call it as directions?) made by the Indian Government, … Continue reading

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