Information and Broadcasting

Centre asks Twitter, YouTube to take down obscene deo ad

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting found that the ads violate Rule 3(1)(b)(ii) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, and are detrimental to the portrayal of women in the interest of decency or morality.

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Laws on regulating social media to be ready by January 2020: Centre tells SC

The government has submitted an affidavit to the apex court saying that the Electronics and IT Ministry has drafted the Information Technology intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment) Rules 2018 and published the entire draft for public comments on its website on December 24, 2018.