Today’s busy world is limited to some social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. From teenage to old age these platforms are their only medium to spend a lot of time without monotony. From a day’s beginning to the night’s ending millions of people are roaming in these social media platforms. But what’s happened? Suddenly it is heard that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram will be banned from 26th May. Is it true or false? Is this your question too?
The Expected Reasons:
On 25th February 2021, it was announced a new rule which has built it necessary for platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, and wire to assist in distinctive the messages which are against the law, whereas additionally expecting social media networks to require down such messages at intervals a particular time frame, created grievance mechanism in addition as assist government agencies in inquiry. These new rules for controlling social media got 3 months for adherence.
The trade has additionally raised issues over the potential inaccessibility of ‘safe shelter’ security given to intermediaries beneath Section seventy-nine of the IT Act, beneath the new rules. They need to be requested a re-think over a clause within the new rules which may cause infliction of criminal accountability upon the workers for non-compliance by intermediaries, soliciting for it to be born within the interest of easy doing job. Though the five great companies requested the Ministry of Electronics and IT through a letter to lengthen the time period for at least 6 The AIC (Asia Internet Coalition) who encompasses Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter has expressed in this letter that as India is fighting against the Covid-19, it is brutality to take the steps in this crisis.
AIC said, “As Intermediaries, we will undertake a comprehensive mapping of the laws against our services and identify the modification and compliance requirements under these Rules. This will require legal, operational, and technical changes which could include recruitment of significant numbers of fresh and uniquely qualified personnel to handle the responsibilities, the latter being particularly challenging given the various restrictions and human impact caused by the new wave of COVID-19,” AIC said. “As Intermediaries, we will undertake a comprehensive mapping of the laws against our services and identify the modification and compliance requirements under these Rules. This will require legal, operational, and technical changes which could include recruitment of significant numbers of fresh and uniquely qualified personnel to handle the responsibilities, the latter being particularly challenging given the various restrictions and human impact caused by the new wave of COVID-19”.
Only the new Indian social media platform Koo only has accepted the rules. And the other social media platforms have failed to regulate the rules properly still now. Government has the right to take steps against it.
