India
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New Delhi, August 4th: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) will now conduct quarterly compliance audits of social media companies, official sources said on Thursday.
Social media platforms are now required to disclose their compliance with the IT Regulation 2021 on a monthly basis and disclose the actions they have taken in response to various complaints, news agency PTI reports.
“Meity now has a mechanism in place to audit the compliance of social media intermediaries under IT regulations on a quarterly basis. We will verify whether they are doing so and whether their behavior is appropriate.It is in sync with the rules that have been laid out,” the source told PTI.
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