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The government on Thursday announced new information technology rules to curb the misuse of social media platforms. It mandated firms to appoint a grievance officer and disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove it within 36 hours. The rules said content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women needed to be removed within 24 hours. The rules notified by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will ...

America is back,’ but Europe has moved Premium File Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video-conference meeting with US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (REUTERS) William A. Galston Share Via Read Full Story President Biden set out to declare a triumphant US return to the trans-Atlantic alliance. “America is back," the president said in his speech this week to the Munich Security Conference. The leaders of France and Germany promptly made it clear that...

Asset monetisation, privatisation decisions to help empower Indians: PM Modi Premium PM Modi said the amount collected from monetisation and divestment will be used for funding development projects He added about 100 under-utilised or unutilised assets with public sector units (PSUs) will be monetised to create ₹2.5 lakh crore of investment opportunities Share Via Read Full Story Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the central government is going ahead with the mantra of mone...

IAMAI includes government’s suggestions, releases implementation toolkit for its self-regulatory framework for OTT platforms The association has reacted quicky after I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the Rajya Sabha Tuesday that the government was ready with guidelines and directions for OTT platforms and it could be implemented anytime soon Delhi, February 11, 2021 Days after I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the Rajya Sabha Tuesday that the government was ready wit...

KOLKATA: Amid talks of OTT regulation, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) announced the adoption of a comprehensive implementation toolkit last week. The association said the move is a step forward from the Universal Self-Regulation Code it had launched in September. Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has welcomed the move by the Indian body. “AVIA is

Concerned about age limits, threats to artists, directors and producers

Northlines Vanita Kohli-Khandekar Even if it wants to censor what you read, watch, or consume, the amount of content online is so huge that it is physically impossible for any government to do it, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Richie Mehta’s  Delhi Crime is a gripping albeit disturbing seven-part series based on the investigation of the Nirbhaya rape. Recently it won India its first-ever International Emmy for the ‘best drama series’. But the celebrations have been muted. S...

KOLKATA: The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) today announced the adoption of a comprehensive Implementation Toolkit which is in furtherance to the Universal Self-Regulation Code for online curated content providers (OCCP) that was put in motion back in September 2020 but was met with disapproval from the government.

Read more about OTTs upgrade self regulation code for content with implementation toolkit on Business Standard. The signatories to the code include ZEE5, Viacom 18 (Voot), Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) announced the adoption of a toolkit with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+Hotstar, etc as signatories.