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The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed displeasure on the streaming of films on web platforms without any prior screening of the content and also cited some films having adult content.

New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Referring to the new guidelines laid down by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry for the Over-the-top (OTT) platforms, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the new rules focus on self-classification of content instead of any form of censorship.

On February 25, the Centre had asked for an oversight mechanism, self-regulation by OTT platforms. Supreme Court (File photo)&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspIANS Key Highlights Even porn being shown on OTT platforms, balance needs to be maintained, said SC New Delhi: On March 05, the Supreme Court will examine the rules made by the Centre recently to regulate content on OTT (Over-the-top) platforms. Hearing an anticipatory bail plea filed by Amazon Primes Aparna Purohit against th...

‘There must be some screening of OTT platforms,’ says SC, asks Centre to submit rules for it The court was hearing a plea by India head of Amazon Prime Video Aparna Purohit in connection with the case filed against her for the webseries ‘Tandav’. Updated Mar 04, 2021 · 09:16 pm File photo of the Supreme Court of India. | Sajjad Hussain/AFP The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed the need for screening the content aired on over-the-top platforms such as Amaz...

Read more about Govt wont appoint any member in self-regulating body: Javadekar to OTTs on Business Standard. Stressing on the need for self-regulation, Javadekar said that the government has done several rounds of consultation with the OTT players in the past.

Diktat comes after Imphal West District Magistrate issued a notice to a Manipuri talk show under the Centre’s new regukations The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Wednesday informed all State and UT governments that the recently released rules on digital media ethics will be administered by the Central government and States have not been vested with any powers to issue notices to digital media or OTT platforms. This diktat comes after the Imphal West District Magistrate issued a noti...

In a statement, the information and broadcasting ministry also mentioned that such a rule has been present since the year 2009

Updated: What are the dos and don’ts for social media and OTT platforms? Share Article AAA Representative Image: For digital publishers of news and current affairs as well as video streaming services, an identical three-tier structure for grievance redressal has been mandated. File Photo.   What are the dos and don’ts for social media and OTT platforms? The story so far: On Thursday, in a long-anticipated move, the government notified guidelines that seek to provide a grievance redressa...

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urged social media companies to have a soft-touch oversight mechanism and a robust redressal of grievances in order to reign in objectionable content

URL copied Opinion | New IT regulations for social media and OTT platforms are a welcome step The government on Thursday announced IT rules for social media giants like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Google and YouTube and digital OTT platforms like Netflix, Disney Hotstar and others, with particular stress on self-regulation, followed by an Oversight Mechanism to be put in place by the Centre. This is a welcome and revolutionary step taken by the government for the first time since the...