Platforms were meant to tell users about govt takedowns: ex-MeitY cyber-law head

“We knew it could be misused”: former MeitY cyber-law head on Section 79(3)(b) takedown notices, and who may issue them now “There was a possibility of misuse of this rule which we knew,” Rakesh Maheshwari said of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, speaking at an SFLC.in event in Delhi on Monday. Maheshwari is a former Senior Director and Group Coordinator (Cyber Laws) at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). That, he said, is why “it was a conscious ef