: Thursday, February 25, 2021, 3:47 PM IST Truly NEW India : Tweeple react to government s guidelines for social media, code of ethics for OTT Truly NEW India : Tweeple react to government s guidelines for social media, code of ethics for OTT
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.