“ WE ARE NOT HERE TO REGULATE CONTENT OR INVADE PRIVACY ”
In an exclusive interview with Deputy Editor KAUSHIK DEKA, the Union minister for electronics and information technology RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD talks extensively about how the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines & Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will impact the privacy and democratic rights of an Indian citizen in the virtual world. He also addresses concerns raised by social media intermediaries and claims that the only goal of these rules is to empower ordinary users and protect them from abuse on digital platforms. Edited excerpts from the interview:
