With oversight mechanism, Govt tightens grip on OTT content February 26, 2021 Ravi Shankar Prasad - Kamal Narang× RELATED 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 regulation code finalised last year. But as many as 23 players are still not signatories of this code.