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Social media giants have released their #ITRules2021 mandated 'Compliance Reports' for the month of August. We’ve analysed them! Thread ⬇️ 1/n

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These compliance reports lack true transparency as the #socialmedia giants have (till now) been opaque about the process/algorithms followed by them for "proactive takedown" of content. 2/n
Facebook has misled the public in “transparency” reports boasting proactive removal of over 90% of identified hate speech when internal records showed that “as little as 3-5% of hate speech" was actually removed. 3/n

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#BombayHighCourt to shortly pronounce the interim order in the pleas filed by Mumbai journalist and digital news portal challenging the recently notified #ITRules2021.

@GoI_MeitY
Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni had reserved the verdict yesterday.

#BombayHighCourt #ITRules2021

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The petitioners had sought an interim stay on the application of the #ITRules2021 till the Writ Petition challenging the Rules was decided on merits.
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#MadrasHighCourt hears petitions challenging #ITRules2021. Earlier this week, the Court had pulled up the Central govt for delay in filing its counter affidavit in the matter.
Matter is before Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu.

UOI is yet to file a counter-affidavit: NB Joshi informs

#ITRules2021 #MadrasHighCourt
ASG R Sankaranayaranan appears for Union of India, tells Court that he received written instructions last night, adds that counter is being prepared, seeks one last chance to file the counter. Adds that matter can be argued as well if Court sees fit

#ITRules2021 #MadrasHighCourt
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#BombayHighCourt to continue hearing pleas filed by Mumbai journalist and a digital news portal challenging recently notified IT intermediary rules of 2021.

Hearing before Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni.

#ITRules2021

@GoI_MeitY
The Court had directed the Central government to file a short affidavit giving reasons why stay on IT Rules should not be imposed.

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Accordingly an affidavit was filed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

#BombayHighCourt #ITRules2021

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#BombayHighCourt to continue hearing plea filed by Mumbai journalist and a digital news portal challenging recently notified IT intermediary rules of 2021.
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A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni to resume hearing arguments by Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh.

#BombayHighCourt #ITRules2021 @GoI_MeitY
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Delhi High Court to hear petitions challenging Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 filed by The Wire, The Quint, AltNews and others

#DelhiHighCourt #ITRules2021 @thewire_in @TheQuint @AltNews
ASG Chetan Sharma appears for Centre. By order dated July 7, Court has listed matter for August 20.

#DelhiHighCourt #ITRules2021
Transfer petition has been filed in the Supreme Court. It has been listed before Chief Justice for constitution of bench

Court: Is there any stay by SC?

Senior Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan: There is no stay. In fact, notice has not been issued.

#DelhiHighCourt #ITRules2021
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Delhi High Court to hear petition seeking directions to Twitter to comply with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

#Twitter #ITRules2021 #DelhiHighCourt @TwitterIndia
On the last date of hearing, the Court had directed "interim" officers appointed by Twitter Inc under IT Rules, 2021 to file affidavits stating that they will be responsible for dealing with any grievances raised.

#Twitter #ITRules2021 #DelhiHighCourt
Senior Advocate Sajan Poovayya appears for Twitter. Two affidavits have been filed as regards Chief Compliance Officer and Grievance Officer. We have indicated that we will no longer use "interim" for the officers.

#Twitter #ITRules2021 #DelhiHighCourt
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#SupremeCourt to hear a plea to restrain social media platforms from carrying Islamophobic content on their timelines and to direct a CBI or NIA probe against Twitter and its users involved in putting out “inflammatory posts”
#Islamophobia @socialmedia
The petition refers to how “massive publicity was given by the media that many of the positive cases of symptoms of coronavirus were found from Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin in Delhi”.
@KhajaAijazuddin #supremecourt
Matter to start shortly
#supremecourt #islamophobia #socialmedia
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Delhi High Court to hear plea seeking directions to Twitter to appoint a Resident Grievance Officer as mandated under Rule 4 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

#delhihighcourt #itrules2021 #TwitterIndia
Hearing begins. Senior Advocate Sajan Poovayya appears for Twitter India.

#delhihighcourt #itrules2021 #TwitterIndia
Court points out that only interim Grievance Officer was appointed by Twitter. It is not fair, Mr Poovayya. When a Senior Counsel makes a statement, I take it seriously: Justice Rekha Palli

#delhihighcourt #itrules2021 #TwitterIndia
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#ITRules
@Twitter is an intermediary under Section 2(w) of the IT Act. This status cannot be taken away by the Government.
#ITrules2021 #TwitterIndia #SocialMedia
Intermediaries get a safe harbor protection under Section 79. This is conditional on them not modifying the content or initiating the transmission or selecting the receiver of the transmission.
It is also reliant on intermediaries discharging the due diligence requirements under the Act and under the Intermediary Guidelines Rules, 2021.
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SCOOP🚨

2 senior Legal advisers, sensing the large scope of misuse of new IT Rules, cautioned the govt to "act fairly", "ensure rule of law" to "avoid embarrassment in future".

Concern- New Rules have a serious impact on Freedom of Speech.

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Legal Advisers of Law Ministry advised Modi govt to seek parliamentary approval before notifying the #ITRules2021 to justify its legality. A Joint Secretary wrote a long list of objections, including that the rules suffer “from the vice of excessive delegation”,

But...

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But everything was overruled by Law Secretary Anoop Mendiratta, without noting any reasons, except saying "it appears to be within the scope of IT Act".

Later, the same officers who objected, approved the Rules, in "greater public interest", without giving any reasons.

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#DelhiHighCourt hears the challenge to the new Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

Plea is by the Foundation of Independent Journalism.

Matter is before CJ DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh.
Adv Prasanna S: We are challenged the Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

Court: This is travelling beyond which act

Prasanna S: The Information Technology Act

Court: Which provision and how is it travelling beyond?
Adv Prasanna reads out the object and purpose of the Information Technology Act

Prasanna: Regulation of content and news of current affairs is not even in contemplation.. It does not recognise newspaper entities, news entities at all...
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