Tightening the noose on social media platforms- Facebook, YouTube and Twitter- pertaining to alleged abusive posts, videos and other content, the central government has vowed to strengthen the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines), 2011 under IT Act to check what it has termed as “new forms of challenges”. This comes after FMCG majors like PepsiCo, ITC and Patanjali seeking the court’s intervention to delete videos from Facebook, Google and YouTube that allegedly defame their products in the wrong way.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha on whether the government had taken steps to curb the menace of trolling on social media platforms and whether it was planning to formulate any new policy for the social media and its users, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said, “Government will further strengthen these guidelines to address new forms of challenges.”

Tightening the noose on social media platforms- Facebook, YouTube and Twitter- pertaining to alleged abusive posts, videos and other content, the central government has vowed to strengthen the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines), 2011 under IT Act to check what it has termed as “new forms of challenges”. This comes after FMCG majors like PepsiCo, ITC and Patanjali seeking the court’s intervention to delete videos from Facebook, Google and YouTube that allegedly defame their products in the wrong way.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha on whether the government had taken steps to curb the menace of trolling on social media platforms and whether it was planning to formulate any new policy for the social media and its users, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said, “Government will further strengthen these guidelines to address new forms of challenges.”