The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, introducing new safeguards to enhance transparency, accountability, and proportionality in the removal of unlawful online content. The amended provisions, titled the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025, will come into effect from November 15, 2025.

The revised framework strengthens the due diligence obligations of intermediaries under the Information Technology Act, 2000. Specifically, the changes to Rule 3(1)(d) aim to ensure that content takedown requests are carried out in a transparent and lawful manner.

Initially introduced in February

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