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New Delhi: The government said it would soon decide on the framework for the composition, functioning and other modalities of the grievance appellate committees (GAC<\/a>), which would be set up to address user complaints against social media<\/a> platforms such as Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.
In the beginning, there would be one or two GACs, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar<\/a> told a press conference here on Saturday. More of these would be set up after assessing the nature and number of appeals from social media users, he said.
Under the amended Information Technology Rules<\/a> that the government notified on Friday, these appellate committees must be set up within 90 days.
“We believe the GAC is an important institution. We will come back and present the structure, the organisation and the workings of the GAC very shortly,” the minister said.
The establishment of the GAC is a disincentive for social media intermediaries of all kinds and a push for them to discontinue their “casual” approach toward user grievances, Chandrasekhar said.
The amended rules also expand the due diligence requirements on social media platforms, especially on misinformation<\/a>.
“Earlier there was only an obligation of notification on the intermediary. Now there is a much more definite obligation on the intermediary in terms of making efforts that no unlawful content is posted on the platform,” the minister said.
They would now be required to make reasonable efforts to prevent dissemination of misinformation, unlawful content, pornography, threats to national security, and any deliberate misinformation.
“It (misinformation) ranges from advertising about products and services that are illegal, that ranges from porn to online betting, misrepresenting fintech products and false information about a particular person,” Chandrasekhar said.
Though the government has agreed to a 72-hour timeline for removal of content which is flagged by users and is illegal or unlawful, it would likely revise this to a shorter timeline in future, he said.
Despite the government going ahead with its plan to establish one or more GACs, the option of social media user grievances being appealed before and heard by an industry-led self-regulatory organisation is still open, the minister said.
Such a panel, however, cannot be a “cosy club of industry people”, he said, reiterating his earlier stand that executives from Internet companies could not be allowed to be a part of any appellate body to hear user grievances against the intermediaries.
“It is not an area that the government is very keen to get into. We are doing this (formation of GAC) very reluctantly and because we have an obligation and duty to the digital citizens that their grievances should be heard by someone,” he said.
The changes to the IT Rules<\/a> of 2021 notified on Friday paved the way for the establishment of one or more GACs within 90 days. The idea behind setting up of the committees is to give users of social media platforms a recourse to settle complaints, other than approaching the courts that can be a time-taking process.
As per Friday’s notification, GACs shall consist of one chairperson and two wholetime members appointed by the government. Of these, one member shall be ex-officio, while the other two shall be independent members.
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框架结构的怨恨面板可能很快
一开始,会有一个或两个广汽,电子和信息技术部长Rajeev钱德拉塞卡在周六一场新闻发布会上说。更多的将成立后评估的性质和数量从社会媒体用户诉求,他说。
新德里:政府表示,它将很快决定的框架组成,功能和其他形式的不满上诉委员会(广汽),这将是建立解决用户投诉社交媒体平台等推特和脸谱网。
一开始,会有一个或两个广汽,电子和信息技术部长拉杰夫钱德拉塞卡在周六的一场新闻发布会上说。更多的将成立后评估的性质和数量从社会媒体用户诉求,他说。
修改下信息技术规则周五,政府通知,这些上诉委员会必须建立在90天内。
“我们相信海关总署是一个重要的机构。我们将回来和现在的结构、组织和广汽的工作很快,”部长说。
广汽的建立对各种社交媒体中介机构具有抑制作用,并推动他们停止“休闲”的方法对用户的不满,钱德拉塞卡说。
修改规则也展开尽职调查要求在社交媒体平台上,特别是在错误信息。
“早些时候只有中介通知的义务。现在有一个更明确的义务在中间的努力,没有平台上发布非法内容,”部长说。
他们现在将被要求作出合理的努力防止传播错误信息,非法内容、色情、威胁国家安全,任何故意错误信息。
“这(错误)范围从广告产品和服务是非法的,范围从色情到网上赌博,歪曲fintech产品和虚假信息对一个特定的人,“钱德拉塞卡说。
尽管政府已经同意72小时时间表删除内容由用户和标记是非法的或非法的,它可能会修改在未来一个较短的时间,他说。
尽管政府继续其计划建立一个或多个广汽,选择社交媒体用户不满被上诉之前,听到一个积蓄自我监管机构仍然是开放的,部长说。
这样一个面板中,然而,不能成为“行业人舒适的俱乐部”,他说,重申他早些时候的站,互联网公司的高管可能不允许任何上诉机构听到用户的一部分对中介机构的意见。
“这不是一个政府非常渴望进入。我们这样做是(GAC)的形成非常不情愿的,因为我们有义务和责任数字公民,他们的不满应该听到的人,”他说。
的变化它的规则2021年通知周五为建立一个或多个铺平了道路广汽在90天内。背后的想法设置委员会是给用户的社交媒体平台解决投诉的追索权,除了接近法院可以是一个费时的过程。
根据周五的通知,广汽应该由一个主席和两个wholetime成员由政府任命。其中一个成员应当依据职权,而其他两个独立成员。
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