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The government is considering withdrawing blanket safe harbour protections under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act for social media platforms using algorithms to rank content. Officials state intermediaries cannot escape liability if algorithms decide what users see, potentially forcing pre-emptive censorship of critical narratives and political speech without explicit takedowns.
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