MeitY highlights tighter takedown rules, AI safeguards against child abuse content

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has tightened compliance rules for social media platforms, cutting content removal timelines from 36 hours to 3 hours for court-ordered takedowns and mandating AI-generated content labelling and proactive detection of child sexual abuse material. Platforms that fail to comply risk losing safe harbour protections under the IT Act.

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