Bengaluru: The Centre on Thursday presented the formal outline of the Digital India Act, 2023 where the government is mulling to remove the safe harbour provision for internet intermediaries.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the logic behind safe harbour "was that internet platforms have absolutely no power or control over the content that some other consumer creates".
"But in this day and age, is that really necessary? Is that safe harbour required?" Chandrasekhar asked.
The safe harbour provision gives internet intermediaries legal immunity against content shared by users on the platforms. It was part of the old IT Act, 2000.
"The law should be a principles-based rule providing a framework with very sound principles that can then be used to develop rules in the future," said the minister during a consultation with the stakeholders on the Digital India Act.
