Online news comes under the ambit of content regulation

The government has expanded its definition of digital media to include online news, and put in place a three tier grievance redressal system that will have the oversight of the Information & Broadcasting ministry.

The move has elicited criticism from experts who have questioned whether digital news can be regulated under the IT Act. Experts also point out that no consultations have taken place before with digital news media before Issuing these guidelines and there is already well laid out process for the self regulation of news in place