Centre Weighs Panel To Rule On Social Media Takedown Appeals: Report
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Social media firms in India are already required to have an in-house grievance redressal officer and designate executives to co-ordinate with law enforcement officials.
The central government is considering whether to set up an appeals panel with the power to reverse the content moderation decisions of social media firms, the Information Technology ministry said, in what would be the first such move of its kind worldwide.
The revelation came in a document canvassing public comment on plans for changes to IT rules that took effect last year, and which aim at regulating social media content and making firms such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter more accountable.
There could be more than one such appeal panel, according to the document, made public on Thursday.
It sets a deadline of 30 days for appeals against decisions by company grievance officers, while the panels themselves get a further 30 days to take up the matter.
