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OTT and Social media platforms-Should governments regulate online platforms?

OTT and Social media platforms-Should governments regulate online platforms? Context Australia’s new News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code will force platforms like Facebook and Google to pay local media outlets and publishers to link their content in news feeds or search results. Does the Australian Code supress freedom of speech? This is a link tax — that those who link must pay a fee. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the web, has tes

MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS AND ROLE OF ENDORSERS

MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS AND ROLE OF ENDORSERS IN ADVERTISING  Although a monetary penalty is provided for any misleading advertisement, but there are grey areas that need to be addressed. INDIAN ADS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE MISLEADING Arihant Mattress- Corona-Resistant The Arihant mattress released an advertisement in a Gujarati newspaper that claimed that their mattress was ‘corona-resistant’. The owner of the mattress under laws including the Disaster Mana

JAGRITI MASCOT

JAGRITI MASCOT A mascot named Jagriti has been launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) to empower the consumers and to also generate awareness about their rights. How will Jagriti work? ?It would be projected as an empowered consumer who is spreading awareness about consumer rights & addressing solutions to the problems faced by any consumers. It would help to generate consumer awareness about the various government initiatives like: Provisions?of Consumer

Consumer Court

Consumer Court The Supreme Court reduced the required professional experience from 20 to 10 years to use its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to attract younger candidates to rule over consumer courts. Principal Points of the Judgment In a judgement, a Bench of Justices additionally introduced written tests and viva voce to verify the candidates' performance. Two papers on topics like current events, the Constitution, consumer legislation, drafting, etc. would be inc

Central Consumer Protection Authority

The Central Consumer Protection Authority issues notice to Amazon for sale of sweets under the misleading name of Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad. The action has been initiated based on a representation made by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) alleging that Amazon is engaging in deceptive trade practices involving the sale of sweets under the guise of 'Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad'. It may be mentioned that under the Consumer Protection (e-commerce) Rules,

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