Tighter takedown rules are for all social media content: Experts
By
Binu Mathew
The amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules drastically shortening the time frames for intermediaries to remove content are applicable to all content, and not only those generated with artificial intelligence (AI), according to legal experts.
Amended rules, notified by the electronics and information technology ministry on Tuesday, brought synthetically generated information (SGI) within the regulatory framework and significantly tightened content removal time frames for intermediaries.
