Information & Broadcasting ministry issues clarification on who holds power under Digital Media Rules
Chandigarh, March 3, 2021: Two days after Manipur’s news website became first target of Centre’ new Digital Media rules, the ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued clarification to the state governments and UTs that state governments, DMs or police commissioner have not been delegated powers under the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Rules 2021 under Information Act 2000.
The development came after the Frontier Manipur based in Imphal was served notice by Naorem Praveen, deputy commissioner Imphal West in which he asked the portal to furnish relevant documents that ensures compliance of new regulations for digital media.