View: Social media firms are not digital media companies. The new IT guidelines fail to get this fact

So, while the government may be within its rights to regulate recalcitrant social media platforms — given the recent incidents with Twitter and WhatsApp — by what right can it afford to muzzle the press?

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But in ostensibly trying to create a level censorship field to discourage future misuse, GoI has ingeniously killed two birds with one stone: a press release that criticises the government could be forced down as easily as a social media handle that promotes violent insurrection.