nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210607-123930-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210607s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210607-123930-0 doi eng 342 23 Beyer, Maximilian Author aut Fighting Platforms and the People, not the Pandemic - #ResignModi and Disinformation Governance in India – an update Beyer, Maximilian Verfassungsblog 2021-06-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier To control social media-driven criticism against its handling of the COVID-19 crisis, the Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, can now take advantage of new powers via the Information Technology Rules 2021. These Rules empower the Modi government to counter disinformation, whose definition seems to have been stretched to include content that portrays the government negatively. How Big Tech platforms react will have a domino effect on users’ freedom of expression and right to privacy across the world. CC BY-SA 4.0 content moderation Freedom of Expression India Platform Governance Mahapatra, Sangeeta Author aut Kettemann, Matthias C. Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/disinfo-censorship/ raw object