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A proposed amendment to India's IT Rules, Rule 3(4), would make MeitY advisories and circulars binding on digital intermediaries by tying compliance to safe harbour protections. Legal experts say this lets the executive create enforceable obligations without Parliament or courts, and could affect every category of digital business from social media to cloud services.
MediaNama's April 23 Delhi event will examine MeitY's draft amendments to IT Rules, 2021, which expand executive compliance conditions for safe harbour, extend oversight to user-generated news, and compress synthetic-content takedowns to three hours. The changes affect intermediary liability for every major platform
Amnesty International has urged MeitY to withdraw India's draft 2026 IT Amendment Rules, warning they would extend government content oversight to ordinary social media users and tie platform safe harbour status to compliance with executive directives. The rules also mandate open-ended data retention, conflicting with
MediaNama will host a hybrid policy forum in Delhi on April 23, 2026, examining MeitY's proposed IT Rules amendments and their effect on platform safe harbour, content takedowns, and government oversight of online news. The sessions cover Rule 3(4) intermediary liability, the MHA's Sahyog takedown portal, and MIB's bid
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A proposed amendment to India's IT Rules, Rule 3(4), would make MeitY advisories and circulars binding on digital intermediaries by tying compliance to safe harbour protections. Legal experts say this lets the executive create enforceable obligations without Parliament or courts, and could affect every category of digital business from social media to cloud services.
2mo ago · 3 min · Policy & Government
MediaNama's April 23 Delhi event will examine MeitY's draft amendments to IT Rules, 2021, which expand executive compliance conditions for safe harbour, extend oversight to user-generated news, and compress synthetic-content takedowns to three hours. The changes affect intermediary liability for every major platform
2mo ago · 2 min · Policy & Government
Amnesty International has urged MeitY to withdraw India's draft 2026 IT Amendment Rules, warning they would extend government content oversight to ordinary social media users and tie platform safe harbour status to compliance with executive directives. The rules also mandate open-ended data retention, conflicting with
2mo ago · 2 min · Policy & Government
MediaNama will host a hybrid policy forum in Delhi on April 23, 2026, examining MeitY's proposed IT Rules amendments and their effect on platform safe harbour, content takedowns, and government oversight of online news. The sessions cover Rule 3(4) intermediary liability, the MHA's Sahyog takedown portal, and MIB's bid
2mo ago · 2 min · Policy & Government
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