India, April 11 -- MeitY has extended the deadline for submitting feedback and comments on the recently unveiled draft amendments to IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Stakeholders can now submit feedback to the amendments till April 29 from April 12 earlier.

The Centre bids to expand its oversight on digital media platforms and social media intermediaries like Meta, Google and X via tighter compliance requirements and content takedown obligations introduced in the proposed guidelines revision.

Issued under Section 87 of the IT Act, 2000, the proposed changes would require social media intermediaries such as Meta, Google, and X to comply with a broader range of government-issued instruments.

These i...