No penal action against social media executives over traceability

Statement follows report on Saturday that penalties and jail terms for executives were being considered, especially on traceability and user consent before being added to groups

The Centre is not considering to take any penal actions on executives of social media firms for traceability of messages under the proposed changes to the intermediary rules, an official from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said.

According to a report by a financial daily on Saturday, penalties and jail terms for executives were being considered, especially on traceability and user consent before being added to groups. 

“We released the intermediary rules about three months ago. We have received comments and counter comments on that. There is nothing further on that from our side. People are free