I&B min Prakash Javadekar resigns ahead of cabinet reshuffle
Apart from Javadekar, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has also resigned
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'Big step towards transparency': Ravi Shankar Prasad hails Facebook, Google
The tech giants submitted their compliance report, claiming to have removed crores of contentious posts
‘Digital media rules fine blend of liberal touch with gentle self-regulatory framework’
Digital media platforms have no monitoring mechanism like TV news media or print media, which is why the govt felt that there must be a level playing field, said I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar
News content on OTT platforms must adhere to code of ethics under new IT rules
The new set of rules will have wide-ranging implications for social media, digital news and OTT platforms
6th Edition of Times Network’s Digital India Summit 2020 announced
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Randi Zuckerberg, NG Subramaniam, Debjani Ghosh, Anant Maheshwari amongst dignitaries to grace the event
Facebook's Ajit Mohan appears before parliamentary panel to discuss social media misuse
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Shashi Tharoor had called representatives of Facebook and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Facebook should have country-specific community guidelines for India: Ravi Shankar Prasad
In a strongly-worded letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Union Minister raised concerns about vested interests within the company who are silencing right-of-centre ideologies