Tuesday, July 8, 2025
  • Home
  • National
  • International
  • Movies
  • Technology
  • Business
  • Fitness
  • Lifestyle
  • Punjab
  • Contact us
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
Home National

Who’s the first originator? Know all about it as Centre unveils tougher rules for social media | India News

by author
February 25, 2021
in National
0
Who’s the first originator? Know all about it as Centre unveils tougher rules for social media | India News
0
SHARES
30
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


The Centre on Thursday announced new rules to curb misuse of social media platforms, amidst growing concerns around lack of transparency, accountability and rights of users related to these platforms. It mandated firms to appoint grievance officer, disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove, within 24 hours, content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women.

READ | Govt lays down guidelines for social media channels and OTT platforms under new IT Rules

The social media platforms upon being asked either by the court or by the government authority will be required to disclose the first originator of the mischievous tweet or a message said Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Concerns have been raised about rampant abuse of social media platforms and spread of fake news and the government is bringing in a “soft touch” regulation, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said while announcing the new guidelines.

READ | What is Voluntary User Verification Mechanism? Here’s all about the govt provision on regulating social media content

As per the new rules, social media intermediaries have to appoint a grievance officer, who shall register complaints in 24 hours. The grievance redressal official must be resident in India, and monthly compliance reports will have to be filed by social media platforms.

READ | Social media welcome to do business in India, OTT content will be strictly monitored: Govt

“The rules prescribe due diligence that must be followed by intermediaries, including social media intermediaries. In case, due diligence is not followed by the intermediary, safe harbour provisions will not apply to them. It seeks to empower the users by mandating the intermediaries, including social media intermediaries, to establish a grievance redressal mechanism for receiving resolving complaints from the users or victims,” as per an official statement.

Ensuring Online Safety and Dignity of Users, Especially Women Users: Intermediaries shall remove or disable access withing 24 hours of receipt of complaints of contents that exposes the private areas of individuals, show such individuals in full or partial nudity or in a sexual act or is in the nature of impersonation including morphed images etc. Such a complaint can be filed either by the individual or by any other person on his/her behalf.

Two Categories of Social Media Intermediaries: To encourage innovations and enable the growth of new social media intermediaries without subjecting smaller platforms to significant compliance requirement, the Rules make a distinction between social media intermediaries and significant social media intermediaries. This distinction is based on the number of users on the social media platform. The government is empowered to notify the threshold of the user base that will distinguish between social media intermediaries and significant social media intermediaries. The Rules require significant social media intermediaries to follow certain additional due diligence.

Additional Due Diligence to Be Followed by Significant Social Media Intermediary: Appoint a Chief Compliance Officer who shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the Act and Rules. Such a person should be a resident of India. Appoint a Nodal Contact Person for 24×7 coordination with law enforcement agencies. Such a person shall be a resident in India.

Appoint a Resident Grievance Officer who shall perform the functions mentioned under the Grievance Redressal Mechanism. Such a person shall be a resident in India. Publish a monthly compliance report mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken on the complaints as well as details of contents removed proactively by the significant social media intermediary.

Significant social media intermediaries providing services primarily in the nature of messaging shall enable identification of the first originator of the information that is required only for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of an offence related to sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or of incitement to an offence relating to the above or in relation with rape, sexually explicit material or child sexual abuse material punishable with imprisonment for a term of not less than five years. The intermediary shall not be required to disclose the contents of any message or any other information to the first originator. Significant social media intermediary shall have a physical contact address in India published on its website or mobile app or both.





Source link

Related posts

RTI Reveals Spy Suspect Jyoti Malhotra Was Kerala Govts State Guest; Custody Extended Till July 21

RTI Reveals Spy Suspect Jyoti Malhotra Was Kerala Govts State Guest; Custody Extended Till July 21

July 8, 2025
UK F-35B Jet Under Repair In Kerala, UK Grateful To India For Support

UK F-35B Jet Under Repair In Kerala, UK Grateful To India For Support

July 7, 2025
Tags: indian newsnational news
Previous Post

Social media welcome to do business in India, OTT content will be strictly monitored: Govt | India News

Next Post

Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp face tougher rules in India – TechCrunch

Related Posts

RTI Reveals Spy Suspect Jyoti Malhotra Was Kerala Govts State Guest; Custody Extended Till July 21
National

RTI Reveals Spy Suspect Jyoti Malhotra Was Kerala Govts State Guest; Custody Extended Till July 21

July 8, 2025
UK F-35B Jet Under Repair In Kerala, UK Grateful To India For Support
National

UK F-35B Jet Under Repair In Kerala, UK Grateful To India For Support

July 7, 2025
BRICS Leaders Strongly Condemn Pahalgam Terror Attack, Reject ‘Double Standards’ In Countering Terrorism | India News
National

BRICS Leaders Strongly Condemn Pahalgam Terror Attack, Reject ‘Double Standards’ In Countering Terrorism | India News

July 7, 2025
Amarnath Yatra 2025: Over 26,800 Devotees Complete Journey In 2 Days, Fresh Batch Of 6,979 Leaves For Kashmir | India News
National

Amarnath Yatra 2025: Over 26,800 Devotees Complete Journey In 2 Days, Fresh Batch Of 6,979 Leaves For Kashmir | India News

July 5, 2025
BKTC’s Vikram Rawat Among 7 Killed In U’khand Helicopter Crash Near Kedarnath | India News
National

BKTC’s Vikram Rawat Among 7 Killed In U’khand Helicopter Crash Near Kedarnath | India News

June 15, 2025
The Third Eye: Envisioning India’s National Security Policy | India News
National

The Third Eye: Envisioning India’s National Security Policy | India News

June 15, 2025
Next Post
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp face tougher rules in India – TechCrunch

Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp face tougher rules in India – TechCrunch

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Astronaut Anne McClain on designing and piloting the next generation of spacecraft – TechCrunch

Astronaut Anne McClain on designing and piloting the next generation of spacecraft – TechCrunch

5 years ago
Nations joining diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games will ‘pay the price’, warns China | Other Sports News

Nations joining diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games will ‘pay the price’, warns China | Other Sports News

4 years ago
IPl 2021: All-round Sunile Narine helps KKR beat DC | Cricket News

IPl 2021: All-round Sunile Narine helps KKR beat DC | Cricket News

4 years ago
Prabhleen Sandhu secures rights to The Indian Spy, continuing to shape Almighty Motion Picture’s vision : Bollywood News

Prabhleen Sandhu secures rights to The Indian Spy, continuing to shape Almighty Motion Picture’s vision : Bollywood News

4 months ago

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Animals
  • Architecture
  • Automobiles
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Fitness
  • International
  • Lifestyle
  • Movies
  • National
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Travel

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Architecture culture Fitness indian architecture indian culture indian culture and heritage indian news lifestyle national news Technology technology news Travel travelling

About Us

Awaj Ludhiana Ki

Address

2667/3, Kishore Nagar, Tajpur & Jail Road, Ludhiana – 141008

Recent News

  • RTI Reveals Spy Suspect Jyoti Malhotra Was Kerala Govts State Guest; Custody Extended Till July 21
  • India Abstains From UN Resolution On Afghanistan, Calls For Efforts To End Exploitation Of Afghan Soil For Terrorism | India News
  • Indian Travellers With U.S. Visas Can Now Enter 17 Countries Without A Visa – Here’s The Full List | World News
  • From Slave To Superpower – How The U.S. Rose From British Colony To Global Warlord
  • UK F-35B Jet Under Repair In Kerala, UK Grateful To India For Support

Category

  • Animals
  • Architecture
  • Automobiles
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Fitness
  • International
  • Lifestyle
  • Movies
  • National
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Travel

Search

No Result
View All Result

Email

[email protected]

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers

Copyright © 2019 Awaj Ludhiana Ki or it's affiliates | Website by Awaj Ludhiana Ki Team

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Contact us
  • Animals
  • Architecture
  • Automobiles
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Fashion
  • Fitness
  • Food
  • International
  • Lifestyle
  • Movies
  • National
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Travel
  • Punjab

Copyright © 2019 Awaj Ludhiana Ki or it's affiliates | Website by Awaj Ludhiana Ki Team

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In