The government’s recent actions in notifying the Intermediary Guidelines for the internet with minimal public debate have resulted in the creation of a legal system that raises as many problems as it solves. The regulations as presently notified are arguably unconstitutional, arbitrary and vague and could pose a serious problem to the business of various intermediaries in the country (not to mention hampering internet penetration in the country) and also...

-The Times of India   Existing Indian laws, as defined by the IT Act, is viewed by experts and most website organizations as "reasonable". The government has already a set of detailed laws to deal with user generated content on websites - but the refusal of some foreign social networking sites to comply with notices sent under these laws has led to the current face-off.  Under the IT Act, an intermediary (a website...