India issues tougher rules for tech firms and streaming services like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Netflix over resolving user complaints and more
India announced sweeping rules to regulate social media firms, streaming services, and digital news outlets, joining a handful of other nations …
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Discussion
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@givenality
Given Edward
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India's approach is brilliant. They're dealing with social media companies to tackle misinformation and explicit content, and not citizens. Cc @DocFaustine https://twitter.com/...
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@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra
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“...Social media companies will be required to acknowledge takedown requests...within 24 hours and deliver a complete redressal in within 15 days” “In sensitive cases...firms will be required to take down the objectionable content within 24 hours” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@chrizap
Chris Zappone
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In India “social media companies will be required to acknowledge takedown requests of unlawful content within 24 hours” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@rsprasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad
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All social media intermediaries to establish a grievance redressal mechanism for users. A grievance officer to respond to a complaint within 24 hrs & resolve within 15 days. https://twitter.com/...
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@prakashjavdekar
Prakash Javadekar
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Press freedom is essence of democracy. When this was attacked during emergency we fought against it and suffered jail for 16 months. But every freedom has reasonable restrictions and has to be responsible. #OTTguidelines #ResponsibleFreedom https://twitter.com/...
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@shefvaidya
Shefali Vaidya
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Welcome step #ResponsibleFreedom https://twitter.com/...