In a significant development for national security and information control, the Indian Army can now directly request the removal of unlawful content from social media. The Ministry of Defence recently designated the Additional Directorate General (ADG) of Strategic Communication as the “nodal officer” authorized to issue takedown notices under Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act. This change eliminates the Army’s previous reliance on the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to initiate content removal.
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