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Social media will be asked to reveal the first originator of mischievous tweet or message: Govt releases guidelines
Union Minister for Law & Justice, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Ravi Shankar PrasadPremium
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Posts regarding dignity of women will be ordered to be removed in 24 hours, said Ravi Shankar Prasad in Cabinet briefing
OTT platforms to have to have self regulation bodies headed by a retired judge or an eminent person, I&B minister Javadekar said
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With oversight mechanism, Govt tightens grip on OTT content
February 26, 2021
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Plans 3-tier grievance redressal; players must classify content on 5 age-based categories
OTT players will now be subjected to a three-tier grievance redressal process, which includes a government oversight mechanism, and will have to classify their content on five age-based categories. Stating that there was a need for an “institutional mechanism” to govern OTT platforms, the government said it has come out with the rules that give a “soft-touch self regulatory architecture”.
This comes at a time when the OTT industry had been trying to avert a government oversight mechanism. Earlier this month, 17 OTT players said they are adopting universal self-regulation code toolkit under the aegis of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). They said this was done after addressing concerns raised by the I&B Ministry on the universal self re
India Business News: The government on Thursday said a 'code of ethics' and three-tier grievance redressal mechanism would be applicable for news publishers, over-the-top