Centre launches Grievance Appellate Committee to ensure accountability of social media platforms

Information Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday launched a grievance appellate panel mechanism, that will look into appeals by users against decisions of social media platforms.

Chandrasekhar told reporters that the digital platform, Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC), is a tool for ensuring accountability of platforms to their users, as per a news report by PTI.

"This is one more milestone in the evolving framework to ensure internet is open, safe and trusted," he said as per the PTI report.

IT rules had been strengthened in October to pave the way for formation of the Centre-appointed panels to settle often-ignored user grievances against the way social media platforms addressed their complaints regarding content and other matters.

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