FB, Google, Twitter must remove content within 36 hours of govt order

Content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women need to be removed within 24 hours; rules to embrace OTT players like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar

The government on Thursday announced new information technology rules to curb the misuse of social media platforms.

It mandated firms to appoint a grievance officer and disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove it within 36 hours.

The rules said content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women needed to be removed within 24 hours.

The rules notified by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will affect players such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter, and will include OTT (over the top) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney, and Hotstar.

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