{"id":39789,"date":"2024-02-24T05:31:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=39789"},"modified":"2025-04-24T19:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:59:57","slug":"it-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/it-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Rule 3(1)(b) of Intermediary Rules (IT rules 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s in Today\u2019s Article?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in News?<\/li>\n<li>The Govt\u2019s Response in the Case<\/li>\n<li>What is the Rule 3(1)(b) of Intermediary Rules (IT rules) of IT Act?<\/li>\n<li>Similar Incidents Earlier<\/li>\n<li>Global Scrutiny of Similar Incidents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why in News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Government is set to issue Google a notice [under Rule 3(1)(b) of Intermediary Rules (IT rules 2021)] after the firm\u2019s AI platform Gemini threw up unsubstantiated allegations in response to a query on PM Modi.<\/li>\n<li>When a user asked, \u201cIs Modi a fascist\u201d, Gemini AI responded that Mr. Modi had \u201cbeen accused of implementing policies that some experts have characterised as fascist\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Govt\u2019s Response in the Case<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Minister of State for IT took a serious view of the matter after it was flagged by a user on X.<\/li>\n<li>These are direct violations of Rule 3(1)(b) of Intermediary Rules (IT rules) of IT Act and violations of several provisions of the criminal code.<\/li>\n<li>His sharp reaction reveals a fault line between the Indian government\u2019s hands-off approach to AI research, and tech giants\u2019 AI platforms which are keen to train their models quickly with the general public.<\/li>\n<li>Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the Rule 3(1)(b) of Intermediary Rules (IT rules) of IT Act?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It says that online platforms should inform users \u201cnot to host, display, upload, modify or share any information\u201d that belongs to another person and is\n<ul>\n<li>Grossly harmful,<\/li>\n<li>Defamatory,<\/li>\n<li>Obscene,<\/li>\n<li>Pornographic,<\/li>\n<li>Paedophilic, or<\/li>\n<li>Otherwise, unlawful in any manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Similar Incidents Earlier<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This is not the first time that the government has hit out at Google\u2019s chatbot for chiming in on hot-button political issues in India.<\/li>\n<li>Asked earlier this month about his message to big tech platforms developing AI applications, the Minister of State for IT cited Google Bard, Gemini\u2019s predecessor.<\/li>\n<li>Google had explained away a similar \u201cerror\u201d as the model being \u201cunder trial\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"media\">\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yFp8_MKo50k\">\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yFp8_MKo50k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Global Scrutiny of Similar Incidents<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/editor_images\/2024\/2\/24\/12\/17\/50\/65d991160ae4b205a98dbdfe_OI.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Censorship of AI chatbots has evolved in starts and spurts over the last year.<\/li>\n<li>China issued a directive in 2023, warning firms in the country against using products by ChatGPT, a leading AI firm.<\/li>\n<li>Google itself may have implemented controls on its chatbots in at least one other authoritarian regime: the Bard chatbot refused to respond to political queries on Vladimir Putin when those questions were asked in Russian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are the intermediary guidelines of 2021 under the IT Act?<\/h3>\n<p>Intermediaries must ensure compliance with rules and regulations, privacy policy, and user agreement, and make reasonable efforts to cause users to not create, upload, or share prohibited content.<\/p>\n<h3>Q2) What are the IT intermediary guidelines rules 2023 amendment?<\/h3>\n<p>The 2023 Amendment classifies a provider of online games as an &#8216;intermediary&#8217; under the IT Act, 2000, creating a different category called &#8216;Online Gaming Intermediary&#8217;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/government-to-send-google-notice-over-ai-reply-to-query-on-pm-modi\/articleshow\/107953361.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Government to send Google notice over AI reply to query on PM Modi<\/u><\/a><u> | <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/netizens-allege-bias-in-google-ai-tools-response-on-pm-modi-i-t-ministry-sees-rules-violation\/article67877974.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>TH<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rule 3(1)(b) (IT rules 2021) says that online platforms should inform users not to host, display, upload, any information that belongs to another person and is unlawful in any manner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}