TRACEABILITY RULE: MASTERSTROKE TO CURB VIRAL MESSAGES OR A TOLL ON PRIVACY AND FREE SPEECH?
Priyanshi Bhageria With fake news, viral messages, and propaganda killing hundreds of people regularly[i], the government has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (hereinafter IT Rules 2021) to include the long-debated traceability rule. The traceability rule makes it mandatory for significant social media intermediaries like Signal, WhatsApp etc. …