[Marxistindia] Withdraw IT Rules Amendment

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 7, 2023

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Withdraw IT Rules Amendment

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly disapproves of the amendments to the
IT Rules 2021 giving powers to the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to fact
check any "fake, or false, or misleading" information about Central
government and ask the social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google
to take them down. If these companies refuse, then they will lose their
"safe harbor immunity" that guarantees them protection against any illegal
or false content posted by users of these platforms.

 

Such sweeping powers to the PIB are tantamount to outright censorship
affecting all users of these platforms.  This is totally anti-democratic and
unacceptable.  These amendments to the IT Rules must immediately be
withdrawn.

 

 

 

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