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India: Withdraw Notification of IT Amendment Rules, 2023 & Consult all before - Statement by Editors Guild (April 7, 2023)

7 April 2023

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The Editors Guild Of India

7th April 2023

PRESS STATEMENT

The Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 (IT Amendment Rules, 2023), which have been notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on April 6, 2023.

MeitY has introduced amendments to the IT Rules that will have deeply adverse implications for press freedom in the country. As per the rules that have been notified, the Ministry has given itself the power to constitute a