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ARTICLE · 19 JUNE 2023

Draft Online Gaming Rules: Amendment To The Intermediary Guidelines

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India's online gaming industry has seen explosive growth over the last several years. In order to better regulate this ecosystem and bring online gaming industry under the umbrella of the Centre for its regulation...

IndiaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Faranaaz Karbhari
Faranaaz Karbhari
Akriti Shikha
Akriti Shikha
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India's online gaming industry has seen explosive growth over the last several years. In order to better regulate this ecosystem and bring online gaming industry under the umbrella of the Centre for its regulation, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published the Draft Amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 on January 2, 2023 (Draft Online Gaming Rules or Draft Rules) in the public domain, inviting feedback from all concerned stakeholders. This note explores some of the salient aspects of the Draft Rules, and highlights some of the gaps therein that demand further consideration.

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