The Internet Society is headquartered in the US and works towards ensuring that the internet stays transparentThe Internet Society (ISOC) has raised concerns about India’s proposed intermediary guidelines under the Information Technology Act.

This means that services using end-to-end encryption cannot provide the level of monitoring required in the proposed amendments,” the letter said.

“The content monitoring requirements in the proposed amendments would have grave unintended consequences on the security of the Internet, the Indian economy and Internet users,” the letter added.

According to Information Technology(IT) Act 2000, the term ‘Intermediary’ includes telecom service providers, network service providers, internet service providers, web-hosting service providers, search engines, online payment sites, online-auction sites, online-marketplaces and cyber cafes.

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