According to the notification, any person who disagrees with the decision of the Grievance Officer can make a complaint to the Appellate Committee within thirty days from the date of receipt of information from the Grievance Officer.
Committee in three months for complaints related to social media
A committee will be formed soon to satisfactorily settle the complaints lodged regarding the content and other issues available on the social media platform. The government on Friday made changes in the IT rules and announced the formation of appellate committees in three months. These committees will be able to review decisions made by social media companies like Meta and Twitter regarding the regulation of content. According to the gazette notification issued on Friday, ‘Grievance Appellate Committees’ will be constituted within three months. Some changes have been made in the Information Technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Policy Code) Rules, 2021 for the constitution of these appellate committees.
what is the decision of the government
“The Central Government shall, within three months from the date of commencement of the Information Technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Code of Conduct) Amendment Rules, 2022, by notification, constitute one or more Grievance Appellate Committees,” the notification said. After the amendments were notified, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav tweeted, “Empowering users. Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) have been set up to hear appeals against the decisions of the Grievance Officer appointed by the arbitrator.
The committee will have 3 members
Each committee shall consist of a chairperson and two whole-time members appointed by the Central Government. Of these, one shall be an ex-officio member and two shall be independent members. At the same time, the Union Minister informed through a tweet that the privacy policy and user agreements will be made available in eight scheduled Indian languages. According to the notification, any person who disagrees with the decision of the Grievance Officer can make a complaint to the Appellate Committee within thirty days of the receipt of the information from the Grievance Officer.
: Language Inputs