{"id":144123,"date":"2021-02-25T16:18:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=144123"},"modified":"2021-03-30T16:40:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T11:10:58","slug":"information-technology-guidelines-for-intermediaries-digital-media-ethics-code-rules-2021-read-full-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/top-news-of-the-day\/news\/information-technology-guidelines-for-intermediaries-digital-media-ethics-code-rules-2021-read-full-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (Read full text)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 79 and sub-section (2) of section 69A, read with sub-section (1) of section 87, clause (z) of sub-section (2) of section 87 and clause (zg) of sub-section (2) of section 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), and in supersession of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PART I: Preliminary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) \u2018Access control mechanism\u2019 means any measure, including a technical measure, through which access to online curated content may be restricted based on verification of the identity or age of a user, to the extent reasonable;<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) \u2018Access services\u2019 means any measure, including technical measure such as closed captioning, subtitles and audio descriptions, through which the accessibility of online curated content may be improved for persons with disabilities;<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) \u2018Act\u2019 means the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) \u2018Appropriate Government\u2019 shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Act;<\/p>\n\n\n\n e) \u2018Broadcast Seva\u2019 means the online portal of the Ministry referred to in rule 16 for receiving, processing and transmitting applications and communication received therein, for enabling communication and coordination with applicants, Government organizations and other persons, and capable of generating analytics and other such information with regard to various parameters;<\/p>\n\n\n\n f) \u2018Child\u2019 means any person below the age of eighteen years;<\/p>\n\n\n\n g) \u2018Committee\u2019 means the Inter-Departmental Committee constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, under rule 13;<\/p>\n\n\n\n h) \u2018Communication link\u2019 means a connection between a hypertext or graphical element, and one or more items in the same or different electronic document wherein upon clicking on a hyperlinked item, the user is automatically transferred to the other end of the hyperlink which could be another electronic record or another website or application or graphical element;<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) \u2018Content\u2019 means electronic record defined in clause (t) of section 2 of the Act;<\/p>\n\n\n\n j) \u2018Content descriptor\u2019 means the issues and concerns which are relevant to the classification of any online curated content, including discrimination, depiction of illegal or harmful substances, imitable behaviour, nudity, language, sex, violence, fear, threat, horror and other such concerns as specified in the Schedule annexed to the rules;<\/p>\n\n\n\n k) \u2018Digital Media\u2019 means digitized content that can be transmitted over the internet or computer networks and for the purposes of these rules includes content received, stored or transmitted by: l) \u2018Grievance\u2019 includes any complaint, whether regarding any content, any duties of an intermediary or publisher under the Act, or other matters pertaining to the computer resources of an intermediary or publisher, as the case may be, which is made to an intermediary under Part II of these rules, or made under Part III of these rules;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(i) an intermediary; or (ii) a publisher of news and current affairs content or online curated content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n