Government announces new guidelines to curb misuse of social media platforms

The government on February 25 announced new guidelines for social media.

“Social media intermediaries have to appoint grievance officer, who shall register complaints in 24 hours. Social media platforms on being asked by court or govt will be required to disclose the first originator of the mischief info,” said IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

He said grievance redressal official must be resident in India and monthly compliance reports have to be filed by social media platforms.

The guidelines have been framed keeping in mind the difference between viewership in a theatre and television as compared to watching it on Internet, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a release.