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Centre is reviewing ‘safe harbour’ protections under Digital India Bill, says Union minister

Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, absolves intermediaries of liability for any third party content or users’ posts.

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· Mar 10, 2023 · 12:21 pm
No citizen will be prosecuted under scrapped Section 66A of IT Act, directs Supreme Court

The section gave the government power to arrest and imprison an individual for ‘offensive and menacing’ online posts.

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· Oct 12, 2022 · 07:47 pm
Online entities must exercise due diligence about content, says Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The minister made the remarks in the context of a social media furore that erupted after references to Khalistan were added to a cricketer’s Wikipedia page.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 07, 2022 · 04:31 pm

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