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Current Affairs   |   29 August 2024 01:15:06

REGULATION OF ONLINE GAMING



REGULATION OF ONLINE GAMING


The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) has amended the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules (IT Rules) 2021.


The aim is to enforce greater due diligence by online gaming and social media intermediaries in respect of online games & fake or false misleading information related to Government business. 


The rules and amendments to IT Rules 2021 have been brought out under Section 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. 


IT Rules 2021 were brought out for regulating social media intermediaries.


“Online games” mean a game that is offered on the Internet and is accessible by a user through a computer resource or an intermediary. 


“Online gaming intermediary (OGI)” means any intermediary that enables the users of its computer resource to access one or more online games.