Content check, blocked accounts: Social media firms face panel firewall

Another round of tussle between the government and social media firms like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc, may be in the offing as the former plans to further tighten intermediary rules by constituting grievance appellate committees. These committees would look into complaints relating to blocking of content or accounts by social media firms.

“The central government shall constitute one or more grievance appellate committees,” the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) said in a draft notification.