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OTT regulation: A mirage in desert   The emerging 500 crores over the top market of more than 17 crore users would soon need to embrace the regulations and authority with its addition to Schedule 2, Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 (amended 2020) under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This move comes in response to the notice by CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde led-bench of Supreme Court in a PIL seeking regulation of such platforms, hence should also avoid the critic...

iTWire Wednesday, 05 May 2021 02:27 ACMA signs MOU with Australian Financial Crimes Exchange Featured The telecommunications industry regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange (AFCX) which enables the exchange of information about unauthorised mobile number porting when it’s used for scams, fraud and financial crime. The ACMA says it uses the informatio...

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How the OTT landscape is set to change in India Why did the Central government bring in new rules for OTT content? The government said it has been receiving many complaints against the content being displayed across various over-the-top (OTT) apps and there was lack of an adequate grievance redress mechanism to address these concerns. In addition, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre to put in place regulations in this regard. These rules also came after the Information and Broadcasting M...

The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, told Guardian Australia she didn’t intend to use her powers under the legislation to go after consensual adult pornographic material online. “My role as a regulator is to protect all Australians from online harm, it’s not to throttle the sex industry,” she said. “What happens between consenting adults is not my concern, as long as it’s not harming others.” But she pointed out that hosting explicit adult sexual content is prohibited in A...

Govt committed to open up broadcasting airspaces: Minister Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Sunday News Reporter A WIDER inclusion of new players in the broadcasting services is demonstration of Government’s commitment to opening up democratic and broadcasting airspaces which enables the media to play its ideal watchdog role, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa has said. In her remarks on the World Radio Day commemorations yesterday, Minister Mutsvangwa said...

Certification-vs-regulation of OTT platforms under IT Committee radar February 08, 2021 × For the second time in less than a month, the Shashi Tharoor-headed committee delves into the much-heightened debate on regulation of OTT platforms Amid apprehensions about the form of regulation expected on the over-the-top (OTT) platforms, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology has entered the self-regulation-versus-certification debate with a series of proceedings, the late...

View: Why over-the-top platforms need a chaperon SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 08, 2021, 12:16 AM IST Share Synopsis While many democratic countries have clear guidelines for online content, India has been lax on this front. An attempt to self-regulate was sought to be made by the introduction of a Code of Best Practices for Online-Curated Content Providers, which was signed by most OTT players. Agencies Countries like Australia and Singapore have adequate safeguards to ensure there is no dispari...

OTT content regulation across the globe: Will India follow the suit? OTT content regulation across the globe: Will India follow the suit? By:Abhishek Malhotra, The Mobile Indian , New Delhi Last updated : January 26, 2021 8:27 pm Advertisement In the last few months, a couple of Over The Top (OTT) platforms have been surrounded by controversies because of their content! Amazon Prime’s latest Indian web series, ‘Tandav’, has been caught in controversy over...

What different countries are doing to regulate content on OTT Platforms SECTIONS Share Synopsis In most countries the regulatory paradigm has come from the print and other forms of traditional media, and has been driven by demands for its own cultural sensibilities and protection of children, rather than legal aspects. Agencies New Delhi: Following the Supreme Courts admission of a petition to pre-censor OTT content on Thursday , the debate around regulation of OTT and digital content has inte...