‘Deeply concerned’: Editors Guild urges Centre to expunge amendment to IT Act rules

The Editors Guild of India has sent a representation to the Union Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology “expressing deep concerns on draft amendments to Information Technology Act 2021 rules,” which gives sweeping censorship powers to the Press Information Bureau to direct online intermediaries to take down content deemed ‘fake’. It has urged the ministry to expunge the said amendment.

In a letter written on January 24, addressed to Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Guild says that the draft amendments were uploaded on January 17, 2023, for consultation, inviting responses by January 25, 2023.