India, March 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The policies of the Central Government are aimed at ensuring an open, safe, trusted and accountable Internet for its users.
The Information Technology Act, 2000 ("IT Act") provides punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material and material containing sexually explicit act in electronic form. The IT Act also has stringent punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act in electronic form.
Also, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Rules, 2021") casts obligations on the intermediaries, including social media intermediaries, to observe due ...