Govt seeks EU support to fight US pushback against IT rules

WITH THE notification of the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 late last month, the NDA government is bracing for a pushback of sorts from the US in response to the hardening of stance against Big Tech companies and its fallout on American giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google. As a counter, New Delhi is attempting to leverage support from the biggest anti-Big Tech bloc — the European Union — and the redoubtable nemesis of Big Tech in Brussels, Margrethe Vestager.

The Indian Express has learnt that senior executives from some of the US-based tech companies have petitioned the new administration in Washington to express their reservations with the newly notified guidelines for significant social media intermediaries.