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The public interest litigation filed by the Justice for Rights Foundation in the Delhi High Court asking for separate guidelines to regulate content on online streaming platforms was dismissed on February 8, 2019. The Court agrees with the stand taken by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) that the Information Technology Act is a robust enough legislation requiring no additional guidelines or regulation.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://internetfreedom.in/one-down-two-to-go/