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India Business News: NEW DELHI: Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has been in the thick of action, working on new rules on social and digital media as wel.

Well soon meet in your inbox. Please wait... “All the players met today for the first time since the new guidelines were announced,” one of the executives told ET. “It was just an initial discussion, where everyone got together with their input and ideas on the way forward.” Another executive said that players are still trying to wrap their heads around guidelines and how their business and operations would be impacted. “There are multiple parts to the guidelines. While some are lega...

India Business News: The Centre on Thursday released guidelines for regulating social media and OTT platforms to curb misuse of content. Briefing the media, Union minister

These new rules have been introduced to address rampant abuse of social media platforms, the spread of fake news, among other concerns says IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Ravi Shankar Prasad said that objectionable content must be removed within 24 hours. Prasad added that the originator of the objectionable content must also be disclosed

There have been calls on regulating the platforms after a row over two web shows. (Representational) New Delhi: The government will soon release guidelines for OTT platforms, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today in parliament, weeks after a controversy over two shows. "We get a lot of suggestions and complaints. Guidelines and directions are almost ready and will be implemented soon," Mr Javadekar said on OTT or Over The Top content. The government had put OTT platforms, such as Netflix...