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By Hera Rizwan The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) amended the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, last week . According to a gazette notification dated February 26, the revisions now authorise the Union and state home secretaries to instruct the removal of surveillance data six months after its collection. As per the previous system, the power to delete surveillance records was exclusively held by the security agency conducting the surveillance, whether under the authorisation of the hom...
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By Hera Rizwan Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a real-time artificial intelligence tool called 'Bhashini', during his speech at Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi on Sunday. Describing it as a "new beginning", he highlighted its role in simplifying his communication with the public. PM Modi said, “Today, the use of new technology has taken place here through artificial intelligence. This is a new beginning and hopefully, it makes it easier for me to reach you.” Bhashini was customised to cater to the Tamil-speaking audience specifically during the event in Varanasi. It functions as an AI-drive...
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By Ritika Jain Union Minister of Information Technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced the much-awaited Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha. Vaishnaw said the objective of the bill “recognizes” the right of a person’s digital personal data and allows for the process such personal data for lawful purposes. The bill was rumoured to have been certified as a Money Bill—which means, it would have to pass scrutiny in the lower house only; however, the Center later clarified that its introduction would be as a general bill. DPDP Bill, 2023 sees the light a year af...
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By Ritika Jain The Bombay High Court said except the court, nobody had the authority to pronounce what is true and false while questioning the Centre’s amendment to the Information and Technology (IT) Rules, 2023 which empowered its Fact-Checking Unit (PCU) to decide with “absolute authority” what is fake, false, or misleading. The high court further noted that the new IT Rules, 2023 was also silent on the boundaries of what is fake, false or misleading while questioning the need behind the revision to the rules. “This is completely binary... Even a court only says probably this may be the tru...
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By Ritika Jain Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed Twitter’s plea challenging the Centre’s takedown orders issued between February 2021 and 2022 observing it was devoid of merit. The high court also fined Twitter to the tune of ₹50 lakhs for not complying with the Centre’s directions to block tweets in a timely manner. “… (Twitter) was given notices and it did not comply...,” Justice S Krishna Dixit said. “Punishment for non-compliance is 7 years imprisonment and an unlimited fine. That also did not deter your client,” the judge added. “You have not given any reason on why you delayed com...
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By Ritika Jain In an interview with a YouTube channel, ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the Indian government made several requests to take down tweets supporting the 2020 farmers’ protest and gag journalists critical of the ruling dispensation. This, Dorsey said, was followed up with threats to shut down the Twitter office in India if the microblogging website did not follow suit. He also admitted to a “raid” on Twitter employees and the office in India. Dorsey, who quit his position as Twitter CEO before SpaceX founder Elon Musk took over, was responding to a question on foreign government pr...
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By Ritika Jain Centre today gave an oral undertaking before the Bombay High Court that until July 5, it would not notify the fact-checking unit (FCU) as envisaged under the amended IT Rules, 2023. “I have instructions to make a statement that the FCU will not be notified till July 5”, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh told the high court. A division bench of Justices GS Patel and Neela Gokhale further noted stand-up comic Kunal Kamra’s plea where he alleged that the IT Rules would deter free speech even without the FCU. The court however observed that this was not an immediate concern. “...
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By Ritika Jain The Centre told the Bombay High Court that it was guided by public interest and responsibility cast upon it to introduce the IT Rules, 2023 in response to concerns voiced by democratically elected representatives, stakeholders, judicial directions and feedback received from the general public. Growth of social media platforms and their influencing capabilities, international developments in social media regulations and the compelling need to deal with fake news and hate speech have been key reasons why IT Rules 2023 were introduced in supersession of their previous avatars, the ...
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By Ritika Jain Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to describe the factual background that necessitated the amendments to the IT Rules which allow the government or its authorities to fact-check news organizations and social media platforms. Justices GS Patel and Neela Gokhale observed if the Centre’s fact-check unit could take up media reports and stop them from publishing articles on topics. The high court’s observation came on a plea filed by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra who has challenged the amendment to the rules. The high court’s order comes less than a week after the Centre ...
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By Ritika Jain The Centre’s move allowing the government to fact-check news organizations and social media platforms has been met with some reservations. BOOM spoke to Editors and media executives who said that newsrooms run by journalists are best placed to fact-check the government and not the other way around. Ritu Kapur of TheQuint said it is important to understand how the fact-checking unit will be constituted, the credentials of its members and how neutral it will be in its fact-checking. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on April 6 notified amendments to th...
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