Why The Wire Wants the New IT Rules Struck Down
Synopsis of the petition moved in the Delhi high court by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of The Wire.
File photo of information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar and law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Photo: PTI/File
Media09/Mar/2021
On Tuesday, the Delhi high court issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of
The Wire, which pleads that the governmentâs new Information Technology (IT) Rules which seek to dictate content to digital news media platforms go beyond the scope of what is permissible under the IT Act and need to be struck down.