India Threatens Big Tech with Safe Harbour Withdrawal as Meta Executives Face Government Grilling

Parliament's standing committee on IT has unanimously recommended withdrawing safe harbour protection from social media platforms that fail to comply with Indian laws — a seismic shift that could make Meta, Google, and X directly liable for user-generated content on their platforms.

The recommendation, announced by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, targets the 26A protection under the IT Act, 2000 that shields internet intermediaries from legal consequences. The committee heard testimony...