The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MoE&IT), on December 10, 2025, notified regarding the government measures to ensure a safe and accountable Internet.
The following has been stated namely: -
• Legal framework to deal with illegal content on social media platforms
• The IT Act and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) together have created a robust legal framework to deal with unlawful and harmful content in the digital space and impose clear obligations on intermediaries to ensure accountability.
• The IT Act provides for punishment for various cybercrimes such as identity theft (Section 66C), impersonation (Section 66D), violation of privacy (Section 66E), publishing or transmitting obscene or sexually explicit material (Sections 67, 67A, 67B).
• It also empowers the police to investigate crimes (Section 78), enter public places and search and arrest any person suspected of being a felon (Section 80).
[Press Release ID: 2201819]
