{"id":364629,"date":"2025-10-24T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=364629"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:45:40","slug":"it-rules-2025-amendment-due-diligence-intermediaries-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/24\/it-rules-2025-amendment-due-diligence-intermediaries-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Rules 2025 Amendment: Strengthening Due Diligence for Intermediaries against Deepfakes and Unlawful Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On 22-10-2025, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology<\/span> notified the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025<\/span> to amend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/8OCMsY3m\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021<\/span><\/a>. The provisions will come into force on 15-11-2025.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Key Points of the amendment in the provisions relating to &#8220;Due Diligence by an intermediary&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Objectives-<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>To address the growing risks of synthetically generated information- deepfakes, AI- generated content.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To strengthen due diligence and accountability obligations for intermediaries, especially social media platforms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To promote an open, safe, trusted, and accountable internet.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>According to the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">revised provision<\/span> if an intermediary, on whose computer resource the information which is used to commit an unlawful act which is prohibited under law is hosted, displayed, published, transmitted or stored will have to remove or disable access to such information within 36 hours of the receipt of the actual knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">List of the unlawful acts-<\/span> any act that will be hamper:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> security of the State;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>friendly relations with foreign States;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>public order;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>decency or morality;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>in relation to contempt of court;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>defamation;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>incitement to an offence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Actual knowledge<\/span> will arise only in the following manner-<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>By an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>By a reasoned decree in 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