New IT rules draconian, may gag media, HC told

The new Information Technology Rules of 2021 are “so wide and so vague” that they will have a “terrible chilling effect” and a “draconian effect” on the people who want to put content on the internet, media, editors and publishers too, contended a petitioner before the Bombay high court on Monday.

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