Govt to start with one or two GACs, to present structure, working soon

Several big tech companies had expressed reservations over the GACs, which can overturn the decisions taken by grievance officers of social media companies

The government will start redressing social media grievances by appointing one or two committees at the beginning and will appoint more of them if their need expands in the future, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday tweaked IT Rules, 2021. The newly inserted rules allow the government to appoint multiple grievance appellate committees (GACs) to redress complaints over social media content moderation. Chandrasekhar said the government will present the structure, the organisation, and the workings of the GAC very shortly.  

Several big tech companies