Knowledge Themes
Information Technology Act 2000
Section 69A of IT Act
IT Rules 2021
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023
Article 19(1)(a)
Article 19(2)
Digital India Act
Intermediary Liability and Safe Harbour
Deepfakes and Synthetic Media
Right to Privacy (Article 21)
Algorithmic Accountability
Fact-checking Units
News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA)
Shanta Kumar Committee recommendations on PDS restructuring (irrelevant here but requested format mimics existing cell style)
Cybersecurity and Internal Security threats
Fake News and Misinformation Management
Online Child Safety and Age-Gating
EU Digital Services Act (comparative study)
Structural Subtopics
- Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021
- Safe Harbour protection under Section 79 of the IT Act 2000
- Identification of the first originator of information (Traceability)
- Role of Chief Compliance Officer and Resident Grievance Officer
- Three-tier grievance redressal mechanism for digital media
- Impact of social media on communal harmony and radicalization
- Regulation of deepfakes and AI-generated misinformation
- Obligations of Significant Social Media Intermediaries (SSMIs)
- Content takedown timelines and due diligence requirements
- Balancing national security with the Right to Privacy (Article 21)
- Challenges of end-to-end encryption and law enforcement
- Use of automated tools for proactive content monitoring
- Regulation of OTT platforms and digital news publishers
- Impact of social media on election integrity and democratic processes
Study Material
Full AI-synthesized study material for Social Media — Regulation, Misinformation & Internal Security is being calibrated.
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