IT Rules 2021: Government notifies three Grievance Appellate Committees to address users’ complaints – Times of India

IT Rules 2021: Government notifies three Grievance Appellate Committees to address users’ complaints – Times of India

The government has established three Grievance Appellate Committees based on the recently amended Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021) to look into users’ complaints against internet intermediaries. The need for such Committees reportedly arose due to large numbers of grievances being left unaddressed or unsatisfactorily addressed by internet intermediaries.The notification … Read more

Centre bans Pakistan-based OTT platform Vidly TV for ‘anti-India’ web series

Centre bans Pakistan-based OTT platform Vidly TV for ‘anti-India’ web series

The Centre on Monday, under the IT Rules 2021, blocked the website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts, and one smart TV app of Pakistan-based OTT Platform Vidly TV for showing anti-India content in its recently released web series “Sevak: The Confessions.” The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), in its order, stated that … Read more