Government Policies aimed at ensuring an open, safe and trusted and accountable internet for its users

• Umbrella framework operated by MeitY + MIB + MHA to regulate intermediaries, OTT platforms, digital news and personal data, anchored on the IT Act, 2000 and DPDP Act, 2023.
• Combines statutory due-diligence on intermediaries, an OTT/digital-news ethics code, content-blocking powers under Sec 69A, and a data-protection regime.
• Examinable for GS-II (governance, rights) and GS-III (cyber security, IT).