New social media rules LIVE Updates: Social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook risk losing their status risk losing their status and protections as intermediaries, if they fail to comply with the guidelines
Several social media users were worried that Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms might get banned in India from May 26, after some media reports suggested that it was a possibility.
Social media platforms are now required with the new Intermediary Guidelines, and the future remains uncertain for companies that are yet to comply with the Indian government’s norms.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had given a three-month deadline to the organisations to accept the guidelines by May 25. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules), 2021 was notified on February 25.
The social media platforms risk losing their status risk losing their status and protections as intermediaries, if they fail to comply with the guidelines.
Several social media users were worried about that Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms might be banned in India starting from May 26, after media reports suggested that it was a possibility
However, the apps and websites are still running and neither the companies nor the government have said the platforms will be blocked.
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