Information Technology Act

IDPS 2020 represents a new generation of conferences which are conducted entirely on the virtual platform with speakers and delegates coming from different parts of the country or abroad.

All OTT platforms will now come under government regulations and rules. While there is a lack of clarity on what these regulations entail, it means that streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and others now answer to Prakash Javadekar, the minister for information and broadcasting

There is a furore over the “disappearing messages” feature on this app. This was necessitated as it is entering the payment domain through WhatsApp Pay and needs to prevent fraud.

Regulation of Content on OTT Platforms. The growth of OTT platforms puts the focus on the subject of managing the content accessible on the online space. The current laws and guidelines viz. the Cinematograph Act, 1952 and the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995

To relieve courts of cases relating to intermediaries, the government should have an elaborate grievance redressal process, starting with a designated ombudsman, mediation and later, adjudication.

IN a surprising development, DG (Prisons) Sandeep Goel had to tender an unconditional apology for an inappropriate explanation submitted by the Superintendent, Central Jail I, Tis Hazari, for keeping a person in unlawful detention even after the Court had granted him bail in all his cases.

AS the country grapples with border clashes with China, Indian IT users have been given a notice by the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) of a possible cyber war attack.

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