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.
Government unveils new rules to regulate digital news, social media, OTT platforms - 10 key points
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government has received several complaints about rampant abuse of social media platforms.
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Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 05:27 PM IST
In an apparent effort to curb the misuse of digital platforms, including digital news, social media and over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, the Centre on Thursday announced new guidelines to aimed at regulting content on digital platforms.
Addressing a press conference, Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar said that the new rules have been announced by the Centre to “establish a soft touch progressive institutional mechanism with a level playing field featuring a Code of Ethics and a three-tier grievance redressal framework for news publishers and OTT platforms on the digital media.”
Govt unveils new guidelines to regulate content on social media, OTT platforms
In a press conference, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the new guidelines will keep an eye on the content.
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Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 05:02 PM IST
The government on Thursday unveiled new policies for social media and over the top (OTT) platforms.
In a press conference, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the new guidelines will keep an eye on the web content/OTT content and empower social media users. Social media is welcome for doing business in India, but such content is coming on social media, which cannot be called civilized in any way. Such complaints came to us a lot. A forum should be there for the problem of social media users. Social media is being used to spread hatred. Terrorists are also using social media. Complaints of wrong use of social media have been coming for many years, there is also the menace of fake news.
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
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Union Ministers Prakash Javdekar and Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday laid out the rules to regulate social media intermediaries, OTT platforms and digital/online news media. The rules, which has been laid out to curb misuse of social media platforms, will be implemented in three months. I want to make it very clear that we have not framed any new law or any additional law. Under the existing IT act mechanism itself in excise of Section 87 rule making power we have framed these rules & code of ethics, RP Shankar clarified.