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01 Mar 2021 Representational image. A new code drawn up by the Indian government to regulate the working of social media and other digital platforms appears to be designed to meet immediate political needs rather than serve long-term interests of society.
The companies have been given three months to comply with the regulations. A code drawn up in 2011 to deal with social media was in place until now. The new one also covers Over-the-top (OTP) platforms which came up subsequently.
Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar provided details of the code at a joint press conference last week.
In Sum and Substance, New Digital Media Rules Establish a Confusing Playing Field
While nobody can doubt the need for accountability, the manner in which the rules were created raises legal questions while the overarching logic of the substance is confusing.
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An over two-year-long process that was primarily meant to make the content moderation processes of Silicon Valleyâs social media giants more responsible has cast a broad regulatory net over seemingly unrelated issues that have plagued the Narendra Modi government for the last six years.
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What are the dos and don’ts for social media and OTT platforms?
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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 redressal mechanism for users of digital platforms of all kinds social media sites, messaging apps, over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, and digital news publishers. The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 also mandate that social media and messaging platforms will have to adhere to new requirements in assisting investigative agencies of the government. Launching the guidelines, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi