Paranoia about digital coverage led ministers to propose media clampdown, monitoring ânegative influencersâ 04 March 2021
Cabinet ministers Smriti Irani (left), Ravi Shankar Prasad (centre) and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (right) attend a conference on 31 July 2020. All three were members of a Group of Ministers who submitted a report that proposed measures to improve the image of the government in the media. Sonu Mehta / Hindustan Times / Getty Images
Cabinet ministers Smriti Irani (left), Ravi Shankar Prasad (centre) and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (right) attend a conference on 31 July 2020. All three were members of a Group of Ministers who submitted a report that proposed measures to improve the image of the government in the media.
Three-tier mechanism is similar to self-regulation model for non-news and news TV broadcasters.
04 Mar, 2021 - 08:58 AM IST | By Kaushik Moitra and Karnika Vallabh
NEW DELHI: The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, framed under the Information Technology Act 2000, were notified on 25 February 2021. The Rules apply to publishers of online curated content (OCC), intermediaries, including social media intermediaries and significant social media intermediaries (ie those with 5,00,000 or more users), and publishers of digital news and current affairs.
The rules have been issued amidst the backdrop of, and perhaps in response to, various public interest litigation matters that remain pending across the country, alleging that content published on significant OCC platforms is seditious, defamatory, contemptuous, infringing, obscene, offensive, and, or, is otherwise illegal.
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Justice Ashok Bhushan said that there should be screening. There is pornography in some films. Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta told the Bench that there are filthy abuses as well. The court asked the Centre to submit the guidelines on the regulations tomorrow.
Supreme Court to examine new OTT regulations
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The apex court bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy was hearing a special leave petition filed against the Allahabad high court order denying the anticipatory bail to Amazon Prime Video head of original content Aparna Purohit in the ‘Tandav’ matter.
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The court orally expressed that there is a need to pre-screen content on video streaming services, similar to films
A division bench of Supreme Court on Thursday directed the solicitor general of India Tushar Mehta to put on record the new guidelines and code of ethics for the video streaming services, while voicing concerns regarding the content being streamed on these services.