1.0Amnesty Internationalhttps://www.amnesty.org/enIndia: New amendment to the Information Technology Rules that threatens press freedoms must be withdrawn - Amnesty Internationalrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lfWJv6GESs"><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa20/6734/2023/en/">India: New amendment to the Information Technology Rules that threatens press freedoms must be withdrawn</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa20/6734/2023/en/embed/#?secret=lfWJv6GESs" width="600" height="338" title="“India: New amendment to the Information Technology Rules that threatens press freedoms must be withdrawn” — Amnesty International" data-secret="lfWJv6GESs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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In this joint statement for World Press Freedom Day, concerned organizations express their alarm at the further expansion of government control over online content through the draconian Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 (The IT Rules, 2023), which amend the already problematic IT Rules of 2021.https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/whoweare_2944x1224_header.jpg1178490