Will India Govt. ban Facebook, Twitter India? as New IT rules comes into action
Will India Govt. ban Facebook, Twitter India? as New IT rules comes into action
By Nirmal, Techblogger
25th May, 2021
So, you might be thinking Will India Govt. ban Facebook, Twitter India? When New IT rules comes into action. And why govt. might ban this applications? Be with us and read our full article in order to know what happen so far between Indian Govt. and Twitter.
As new intermediary guidelines given by govt., the Social applications which don’t follow this guideline might face problems in India.
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Main Highlights:
- Govt. clearly cautioned the social applications by saying that “if social apps like Instagram, Twitter etc. don’t comply with the new IT rules then they may face problem or even ban in India.”
- The deadline set by Indian government to accept the New IT rules till May 25, 2021.
- The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITy) had given 2-3 Month time to Social application to accept New IT rules in February.
also check: WhatsApp declines deadline for accepting privacy and policy terms
Twitter:
Twitter India is served notice by Delhi Police under Toolkit Case .
After complaint filed by the Two congress leaders on 18th May. The Delhi police writes letter to the Twitter to seek knowledge about decision of labelling tweets by members of BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] about Illegal toolkit.
In a blog, Twitter explains that “Manipulated media label” is given to those media which cheats people about the origin of content.
What is Manipulated Media Tag?
In order to fight with the misinformation ahead of US 2020 presidential election. In February 2020, the Twitter declared that it would label tweets with “manipulated label”
Twitter discover three step method test to ascertain whether it would label “manipulated media” tag or not.
- In first case, they check whether the content is significantly altered or fabricated.
- In Second case, they ensure that whether shared content attempts to cheat people about the origin or nature of content.
- The third criteria “content might affect public safety, cause serious harm.”
This above mentioned three steps may lead your post labelled as “Manipulated Media Tag” and even remove your content.
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aAso check : What is WhatsApp OTP scam that has been going around India 2021?
Delhi Police special cell is Investigating Twitter’s Toolkit case:
Delhi police had visited Twitter India local offices in New Delhi on Monday after the Twitter marked one of tweets of Sambiat Patra (BJP Spokesperson) as manipulated media.
Facebook:
On Tuesday Facebook says that they are working to implement the New IT rules that will come to effect from 26th May. However, the Facebook also requests to discuss a few of the issues which need more engagement with government.
Facebook promised to remains committed to people ability to express themselves on their platforms freely & safely.
Koo Indian App:
Koo is the only first Indian app to complied with New IT rules introduced by MEITy. Sources says “None of top social media app has appointed a resident grievance officer, chief compliance officer and nodal contact person yet.
Koo has a user base of 6 million (60lakh) which makes it a major social media intermediary under New IT Act gudelines.
What is New IT ACT by MEITy?
As per the New IT Act by MEITy, it states that the social media platforms will need to appoint the compliance officers form India. This compliance officer will overlook the complaints, monitor the content shared in their platform and remove the objectionable contents.
This rules aren’t applicable to the social media but also to OTT platforms like Amazon Prime, Netflix etc.
The OTT platforms will have to appoint the redressal officer from India who will take care of the consumer complaints and act to those problems within 15 days. The govt. has a view that social media platforms don’t have a code of self-regulation. Therefore, govt. of India wants companies to form a committee to regulate the contents.
This formed committee will have sole power to take actions against complaints of violation of codes.
This new rules are introduced by Indian Govt. in order to make Social Media apps like facebook. Twitter and Instagram etc. more accountable. Another reason for the new IT Act and guidelines is to undermines the sovereignty of India, security or public order.
Conclusion:
As per my views, I know the fact that apps like facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp have a huge user base. But all US Based social media platforms grown because of us “INDIA”. Thanks to our huge population. However despite of our support, this apps didn’t shown any incline towards India’s domestic law.
So I think it’s fair and good step taken by the Indian Government. The Apps should be accountable to us regarding complaints and should maintain security and sovereignty of India.
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