What India IT Rules 2021 - Rule 3 Intermediary Due Diligence and Rule 4 Significant Social Media Intermediary Obligations for Adult Content, Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery and Child Safety requires
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (commonly the IT Rules 2021) were notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on 25 February 2021 under Section…
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Pillar: Online Safety & Child Protection · Authority: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India; notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 on 25 February 2021 under Section 87(2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000; subsequently amended by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules of 28 October 2022 and 6 April 2023 · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
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- Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on 25 February 2021 under Section 87(2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, as amended by the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules of 28 October 2022 and 6 April 2023; Rule 2(1)(w) defines Significant Social Media Intermediary with the five-million-Indian-user threshold notified on 25 February 2021
- Rule 3 (Due Diligence by an Intermediary) of the IT Rules 2021: Rule 3(1)(b) user notification of prohibited content categories including obscene, pornographic and paedophilic; Rule 3(1)(d) takedown within thirty-six hours of court or government order; Rule 3(2)(a) grievance officer acknowledgement within twenty-four hours and disposal within fifteen days; Rule 3(2)(b) twenty-four-hour removal of impersonation, morphing or sexually explicit deepfake content following complaint by affected individual
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