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Digital news platforms flay new rules
March 03, 2021
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‘These rules in some places appear to go against the fundamental principle of news and its role in a democracy’
The government’s new rules for digital news platforms which involve a three-tier structure of regulation with a government committee at its apex go against the fundamental principle of news and its role in a democracy, and will have a chilling effect on the freedom of press and speech, whilst also resulting in government control rather than regulation, say digital news platforms and digital liberty organisations.
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 were released by the government last week.
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On Wednesday, Netflix also announced new seasons of its India originals such as crime drama series Delhi Crime and Jamtara , romantic comedy Mismatched , crime drama She , comedy-drama series Masaba Masaba , and Little Things . Mumbai-based production house The Viral Fever (TVF) is also debuting the second season of its comedy-drama web series ‘Kota Factory’ on Netflix after streaming the first season on YouTube.
The new films include Hindi films Haseen Dilruba , Ajeeb Dastans , Jaadugar , Meenakshi Sundareshwar , Dhamaka , Sardar Ka Grandson , Pagglait , Milestone , Tamil film Navarasa , and Marathi film The Disciple .
Other titles include a new reality show called Social Currency , new seasons of reality television series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives and Conde Nast India s wedding reality show The Big Day , and a comedy special by Kapil Sharma.
Amazon Prime has apologised for offending Hindu sentiment with its original Indian series
Tandav.
Several publications have called the apology rare but perhaps it isn’t surprising, given the backlash it garnered.
The series, created by Muslim filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar, had a scene in which a Muslim actor, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, portrayed a Hindu God. The scene was edited out and Ayyub apologised but it was met with severe backlash and calls from Hindu nationalists to boycott Amazon.
“Amazon Prime Video again deeply regrets that viewers considered certain scenes to be objectionable in the recently launched fictional series
Tandav,” the streamer said in a written statement, according to