This starts shortly. The main thrust of the new amendment appears to be a re-jigging of the grievance redressal system, taking it out of the courts into the hands of government appellate committees. Read more at the Business Standard https://bit.ly/3a8bdwG REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3OSLnv7 [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/15554/>On *Friday 1st July 2022*, from *4:00pm–5:15pm IST* (10:30-11:45 UTC) *CCAOI <https://www.ccaoi.in/>*, supported by the *Internet Society Delhi Chapter <https://www.isocindiadelhi.in/>*, hosts an online discussion '*Amendments to the IT Rules 2021 <https://bit.ly/3QUoglL>*'. India's *Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology <http://meity.gov.in/>* (MeitY) has published a *draft amendment <https://bit.ly/newitrules>* to the *Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021* (IT Rules, 2021) and is seeking comments on the same by 6 July 2022. The objective of this discussion is to provide participants with a better understanding of the proposed amendments, the aspects of the amendment which need to be refined and then encourage stakeholders to make submissions within the deadline *PANEL* *Shahana Chatterji*, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co *Aishwarya Giridhar*, Programme Officer, Centre for Communication Governance *Nikhil Pahwa*, Founder, MediaNama *Aman Taneja*, Principal Associate, Ikigai Law *Sijo Kuruvilla George*, Executive Director, ADIF *HOST / MODERATOR* *Amrita Choudhury*, CCAOI / ISOC Delhi *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/newitrules2021 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/newitrules2021>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3QUoglL <https://bit.ly/3QUoglL>* *REAL TIME TEXT **https://bit.ly/3OSLnv7* <https://bit.ly/3OSLnv7> *TWITTER #NewITRules2021 <https://bit.ly/newitrules2021> #newitrules @AmritaChoudhury @isocdelhi Shahana Chatterji @AMS_Shardul @AishGiridhar @CCGNLUD @nixxin @medianama Aman Taneja @ikigailaw Sijo Kuruvilla George @adif_India * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> *(AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/> *(AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/newitrules2021 <https://archive.org/details/newitrules2021>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/15554/ <https://isoc.live/15554/>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -