Safe harbour clause for platforms needs a revisit: Vaishnaw
The government on Saturday reiterated its stance to revisit the safe harbour clause for social media intermediaries such as X, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, etc, amid an increase in instances of misinformation and fake news over these platforms.
This assumes significance as currently under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the platforms have immunity against legal prosecution for content posted by users.
