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Yet Again a Hit on Tweets.

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 ~Preet This image was taken from  https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRnsYDIuI_RYCYUtFkyEvo2HRRov49uUwq7w&usqp=CAU  the Author or Publisher has no rights on the image. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued instructions to remove some tweets from Twitter under Section 69 (A) of the Information Technology Act of 2000. (Microblogging Site). Twitter has filed a petition with the Karnataka High Court, saying that many of the banning orders violate Section 69 (A) of the Act. According to Section 69 (A) of the IT Act, the corporation "failed to comply with the directives on repeated occasions," according to the Ministry. Twitter provided a list of over 80 accounts and messages that it has banned in response to a government request in 2021. Twitter believes that the Ministry's reasons for flagging various accounts and messages are either "over-broad and arbitrary" or "disproportionate." According to Twi

Need for new IT Laws

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 ~Preet The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (IT) recently remarked on the need for a legal update of the 22-year-old Information Technology Act, 2000. The first IT Act was adopted by the government in 2000. The IT (Amendment) Act went into effect in 2009, with the goal of promoting e-governance, reducing cybercrime, and encouraging security practises throughout the country. The government has published the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. In a few years, India will have a trillion-dollar digital economy, and a big number of firms will be on the Indian Internet. As a result, an open and secure Internet becomes a critical economic component of our society. Because of aggressive national policies, trade conflicts, censorship, and frustration with giant tech corporations, the global internet as we know it is on the point of splintering into smaller bubbles of national networks. This will have far-reachin