the government also said that the rules have been framed in consultation with social media platforms including WhatsApp and no such objection was raised by WhatsApp with regard to sharing details of the first originator of content since 2018 India's RT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that WhatsApp has to follow the law of the land and what's happens infuser to comply with the new guidelines is a clear Act of defiance against the government claimed that the new rules would compel the
for now base Facebook unit to break its privacy protection for users and by late in the day the Indian constitution laws so what are these new rules and why have they led to the standoff between the government and big Tech well the new rules issued by the Indian government are called the intermediary guidelines and digital media ethics Court firstly the rules would oblige big Tech to reveal the originator of a message or post when legally ordered secondly to remove any content within 36 hours of receiving illegal order and thirdly companies would be required to assist in probes or other cyber security related incidents within 72 hours of such a request next social media platforms also required to the stable within 24 hours any post depicting an individual in a sexual act and lastly big Ted would be required to set up a grievance redressal mechanism and a point Executives to coordinate with law enforcement agencies
the deadline for big take to comply has ended and the rules come into effect from today social media platforms such as Twitter Facebook and WhatsApp have failed to comply on many accounts to date uh principal diplomatic correspondence Advance the bill