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The Government of India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified key amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, a significant move following a high-profile legal challenge by Elon Musk’s social media platform X. These amendments, effective from November 15, 2025, are designed to enhance transparency, accountability, and safeguards in the contentious process of content takedown from online platforms.

The context for these changes lies in the prolonged legal friction between the Centre and X regarding the implementation of content removal notices under Rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules. X had taken the matter to the Karnataka High Court, arguing that the existing framewo

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