India: Adoption of regulatory category for social media intermediaries in notification on the Information Technology Rules 2021
Description
Adoption of regulatory category for social media intermediaries in notification on the Information Technology Rules 2021
The India Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology adopted a notification regarding the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The notification specifies that the new regulatory category "significant social media intermediaries" includes any company with over fifty lakh (5 million) registered users.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Business registration requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government