A legal Invasion of Privacy

IT Rules 2021 The Government on Thursday Announced some guidelines and rules to control and regulate the digital content. The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 also establishes some code of ethics to be followed by the Online Content Publishers, News websites, OTT platforms (Such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Disney+ Hotstar, etc.) and Social Media content Creators. These rules also include a proposal to establish a three tier grievance portal for the public to address the grievances of content that can be harmful to national security as well as the modesty or safety of an individual. The IT rules for the digital publishers and OTT platforms are more in focus to the self regulation by these respective Platforms,Whereas The Grievance redressal mechanism is implemented to restrict the creative freedom of an individual or group of individuals. Implementation of the Rules 1. The OTT platforms such as Netflix,