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Stressing on self-regulation and oversight mechanism for online services, Union I&B minister Javadekar said OTTs will need to mark age-appropriate content and provide a parental lock for sensitive material Union Minister Prakash Javadekar | Photo Credit: ANI
Union Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Prakash Javadekar during a joint press conference with Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad urged over-the-top (OTT) platforms to come with self-regulatory guidelines.
His ministry prescribed the guidelines on the code of ethics for online news, OTT platforms and digital media based on a soft-touch self-regulatory architecture and three-tier grievance redressal mechanism for such online services.
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Feb 25, 2021, 03:54 PM IST
The new guidelines issued by the government of India on Thursday mandated a grievance redressal system for over the top (OTT) and digital portals in the country.
Briefing the media about the development, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that though the government welcomes criticism and the right to dissent, but it is very important for the users of social media to have a forum to raise their grievance against the misuse of social media.
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