The Ministry of Electronics and IT is bringing out amendments to one of its content blocking laws, under which it will specify that content notices sent under Section 79 (3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, can only be issued by senior officials at the Centre and state levels, officials said Wednesday.

As per amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, the ministry will specify that content blocking intimations to social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram and X can be sent by a senior officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary (JS), or equivalent, and a Director or an officer equivalent in rank where a JS has not been appointed. In case of police authorities, only an officer not below the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), specially authorised,

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