A roundup of important questions in Parliament this week on tech policy and developments, including drones in private sector, social media, data protection
Technological behemoths like Google, Meta and Twitter in their recently published reports highlight their speedy grievance mechanisms in India, as the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology emphasises on the regulation and monitoring of content on social media platforms and releases draft rules which apply to all these platforms
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology took the stand in its counter-affidavit that social media intermediaries as per the IT Rules should afford the present petitioner the chance of a fair hearing
Social media needs to be made more accountable and stricter rules in this regard could be brought in if there is political consensus on the matter, Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha on Friday.