India remains open to self-regulation of social media content -minister


FILE PHOTO A man looks into his phone as he travels in an intercity bus service in New Delhi India December 29 2017. REUTERSSaumya Khandelwal

FILE PHOTO: A man looks into his phone as he travels in an intercity bus service in New Delhi, India, December 29, 2017. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India continues to favour a self-regulatory body for social media content disputes, a federal minister told Reuters, despite a lack of consensus among Big Tech companies to form a joint appeals panel.

The government on Friday said it would set up an appeals panel amid concerns users had no recourse if they objected to moderation decisions of firms such as Meta, Twitter or Google.

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