NEW IT RULES: GOVERNMENT vs BIG SOCIAL MEDIA

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    NEW IT RULES: GOVERNMENT vs BIG SOCIAL MEDIA

    The new IT Rules for social media, introduced in February, came into effect last week with the govern-ment  asking compliance status from Google, Twitter, Facebook etc. The analyses explains the content of the Rules; reaction of Big social media with WhatsApp going to court; the Twitter, government spat; that non-compliance can make things worse; a view that government should have the final say, not Big Tech giants; that social media platforms have much to answer for etc
     
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