Information Technology Rules, 2021

Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code
Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code
	Long title Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ;
Citation	via The Gazette of India
Commenced	25 February 2021
Introduced by	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
	Status: In force

The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 is secondary or subordinate legislation that suppresses India's Intermediary Guidelines Rules 2011. The 2021 rules have stemmed from section 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and are a combination of the draft Intermediaries Rules, 2018 and the OTT Regulation and Code of Ethics for Digital Media.

The Central Government of India along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) have coordinated in the development of the rules.

Intermediaries had until 25 May 2021 to comply with the rules.

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