A handy list of India’s new rules for policing social media and streaming platforms
Social media platforms
Larger social media companies, called significant social media intermediaries, will have to follow additional rules. The government said that it’ll release rules on what platforms should be considered significant intermediaries soon, but hinted that it might include services with more than 5 million users.
These rules for social media intermediaries will come into effect three months from now.
Streaming platforms (Over-the-top platforms)
In addition to this, the government also wants to bring digital news publishers under a regulatory framework. It has proposed a three-layer mechanism that will have a self-regulation code by publishers, a regulatory body of publishers, and an oversight mechanism. These guidelines for news sites are at an early stage, and it might take a while for final details to be flushed out.
You can read all the rules inthis government-issued PDF hosted by Medianama.
Story byIvan Mehta
Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.”
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