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Indian government fights back as WhatsApp, Twitter challenge new intermediary rules

By Freny Patel ( May 28, 2021, 08:32 GMT | Insight) -- The fallout has intensified between social media companies and the Indian government over new IT rules. In the latest exchange, the Indian government has rejected accusations from WhatsApp and Twitter that the IT rules will violate privacy rights and curb freedom of speech, and has stepped up its defense of the need for first originator requirements, saying it is in the "public interest" to identify the originator of messages that could be instigating violence. The government has also accused social media platforms of refusing to act on the conditions that give them a safe-harbor provision.The Indian government has defended the first originator requirements under new IT rules, which force social media platforms to disclose the origin of a particular message, saying the requirement does not violate privacy rights and it is in the “public interest” to identify the originator of messages that could be instigating violence....

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