Summary: Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said the centre's new rules for social media and online platforms were made in a "hasty" manner. "Government regulations imposed are hasty," he said. The government today announced new rules to regulate digital content and establish what it called a "soft touch progressive institutional mechanism with level-playing field" featuring a Code of Ethics and a three-tier grievance redressal framework for news sites and OTT platforms. The rules will empower users of social media, said Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
