India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has warned social media influencers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.-\u00a0The\u00a0Ministry\u00a0of\u00a0Information\u00a0and\u00a0Broadcasting\u00a0has warned social media influencers and\u00a0online\u00a0advertisers against promoting offshore online gambling and betting platforms. It has warned online advertising intermediaries not to target Indian audiences with gambling-related promotional content and called on social media intermediaries to discourage users from publishing such content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Non-compliance with the advisory may result in actions under the Consumer Protection\u00a0Act,\u00a02019, including removal of social media posts or accounts and fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The advisory notes that section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 exempts intermediaries from liability for third-party\u00a0information\u00a0but clarifies\u00a0that this does not apply if intermediaries fail to remove or\u00a0disable\u00a0access to unlawful content promptly upon receiving notification from a government agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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