against digital platforms which show inappropriate content or violate the norms. The top court also granted interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video s India head Aparna Purohit in FIRs lodged over web series Tandav. It asked her to co-operate with the investigation and appear before the Investigating Officer as and when required. A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and R S Reddy also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on Purohit s plea for anticipatory bail in FIRs on Tandav series. The top court said that there is nothing in the rules to control the inappropriate content on these platforms and without legislation it may not be possible to control it.
The power to administer the newly framed rules to regulate social and digital media has “not been delegated” to state governments, the Union information and broadcasting ministry has said after learning about a notice served to two editors of an Imphal-based news portal under the new regulations.
Under the new rules notified on February 25, Imphal West district magistrate Naorem Praveen Singh had served notices to The Frontier Manipur’s (TFM) executive editor Paojel Chaoba and associate editor Kishorechandra Wangkhemcha at their homes in Imphal, the capital of Manipur, on Tuesday morning.
The notices had allegedly served by armed policemen and dealt with a chat show whose topic centred around “a media under siege” and had discussed the new laws to regulate websites and video-streaming platforms.
Hearing based on Amazon Prime's commercial head Aparna Purohit’s plea against Allahabad HC decision to deny her pre-arrest bail in connection with probe into web series ‘Tandav’
Modi Govt s Digital Media Rules Framed After Ministers Wanted to Neutralise Independent News
A group of ministers in mid-2020 set out a roadmap to âneutraliseâ the independent news media as it âgenerates a lot of heatâ.
Union cabinet ministers in the group include (L-R) Abbas Naqvi, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani, Prakash Javadekar and Smriti Irani. Photos: PTI
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New Delhi: The recent move of the Narendra Modi government to âregulateâ digital news media to counter âfake newsâ has likely stemmed from a roadmap chalked out by a group of ministers (GoM) in mid-2020 to âneutraliseâ independent news media as it âgenerates a lot of heatâ, a leaked GoM document and a report in