Parliament’s Executive Committee amid controversy over IT rules
It is reported that Facebook will publish an interim report on July 2 under the new IT rules. In line with this, Facebook has also announced that the final report will be published next month on July 15.
• Controversy continues over new IT rules
• Earlier the committee had called a Twitter representative.
Controversy continues over new IT government policies. In this episode, representatives of Facebook and Google India appeared before the Parliamentary Executive Committee on Information and Technology on Tuesday. Shivnath Thukral and Namrata Singh from Facebook, while Aman Jain and Geetanjali Duggal of Google India joined.
It is reported that Facebook will publish an interim report on July 2 under the new IT rules. In line with this, Facebook has also announced that the final report will be published next month on July 15.
Let us know that the committee has decided to hold a meeting with representatives of the mediators of communications to investigate the issue of civil rights protection and women’s safety in the digital space. Now the next meeting will be on 6 July. Earlier on June 18, a committee had called a Twitter representative and asked to make a statement by blocking false news.
Let us know that the new Central Government Information Technology Act is effective from 26 May. Since then, there have been ongoing disputes between social media platforms. Under this, social media companies were asked to appoint a news attorney, a complaint and a law enforcement officer in India.
Last week, Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account was closed by the company for an hour due to copyright infringement. Meanwhile, the Grievance Officer employed by the company under the Indian IT Rules, resigned from the company. This issue has also been withheld.
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