Social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and others will reportedly have to reveal the identities of its users if the Indian government asks them to.

With the policy in place, social media platforms operating in India will have to reveal the identity of the users the government has asked for.

The government has also defined “unlawful content” to make the social media guidelines more concrete.

Under the updated petition, Rubin sought verification of social media platforms using any “government approved or authorized identities”.

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