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Rajat Sharma writes to Prakash Javadekar over new social media rules for news channels, digital platforms
News Broadcasting Association (NBA) President and India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma has written a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar over new social media guidelines for news channels and digital platforms. He has requested Javadekar to provide some relaxation in the rules to ensure hassle-free operations.
He said that parameters are already in place for news channels and their digital platforms. He said that news channels follow self-regulatory guidelines. Channels are following the guidelines under the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) since 2008, therefore, there is no need of new rules .
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Rejecting Aaj Tak channel s review petition, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has asked Hindi news channel Aaj Tak to air an apology on April 23 at 8PM for its misreporting in relation to the death of film actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
The NBSA affirmed its earlier order passed on October 6 last year in which it was found that the channel had violating broadcasting norms by erroneously reporting certain tweets as the final words of Sushant Singh Rajput.
The authority has requested Aaj Tak to air an apology onon 23.4.2021, at 8.00 pm, the following text (static), on full screen in large font size with voice over (in slow speed) :
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A ministry statement on Thursday said digital news publishers would be required to furnish basic information, and rules seek to cover news of digital media to bring them at par with traditional media.
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Representatives of reputed media houses on Thursday urged the I&B ministry not to bring news websites attached to legacy media companies under the ambit of the three-tier regulatory framework part of the recently announced IT rules as they already follow norms of ethical coverage, ET has learnt.
The request was made in a meeting that I&B minister Prakash Javadekar and officials of the ministry held with senior executives in charge of digital news in media organisations. Members of Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) that includes India Today Group, Dainik Bhaskar, NDTV, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Times of India, Lokmat, Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran, Eenadu, Malayala Manorama and others, were called for the meeting.
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