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Editor바카라s Guild Expresses Concern Over New Media Ethics Code

바카라Various provisions in these rules can place unreasonable restrictions on digital news media, and consequently media at large,바카라 the Guild said. .

Editor바카라s Guild Expresses Concern Over New Media Ethics Code
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The Editors Guild of India [EGI] on Saturday expressed deep concern over the notification of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, which 바카라fundamentally alter how publishers of news operate over the Internet and have the potential to seriously undermine media freedom in India.바카라

According to the guild, these rules, issued under the Information Technology Act, 2000, 바카라empowers the Union Government to block, delete, or modify published news anywhere in the country without any judicial oversight and mandate all publishers to establish a grievance redressal mechanism. Various provisions in these rules can place unreasonable restrictions on digital news media, and consequently media at large.바카라

According to release, 바카라the EGI is concerned that the Government did not consult stakeholders before notifying these far-reaching rules. The Guild urges the Government to put the rules in abeyance and conduct meaningful consultation with all stakeholders.The government must take note of the fact that in the name of reining an unfettered social media it cannot overwhelm India바카라s constitutional safeguards for free media that has been the cornerstone of our democracy.바카라

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