SOCIAL MEDIA LAWS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
With the onset of new emerging realms of communication, social media has been acting as a bridge to the gaps between these lines. With the emergence of new platforms of Social media India is currently on the competitive lines with these the developing ideas of entrepreneurs. With the challenges of complying with new and developing legislations, social media platforms are often in unremitting and unceasing collision with innovations and keeping a check on cyber crimes in India . The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 is the recent paradigm devised and drafted to make social media platforms more accountable to the concerns about privacy infringement of individuals and organizations. The significant mechanism of these rules is regarding the ‘FIRST ORIGINATOR’ which states that identification of the source of any type of content should be recorded and checked. The emergency powers that have been provided in the rules provide a ...