Industry > Industry monitor > Social media SC asks govt to bring law to regulate content on OTT platforms 08 March 2021 The Supreme Court has asked the central government to come up with a legislation to regulate content on social media and OTT (Over-The-Top) platforms instead of issuing guidelines that cannot be enforced. The court held that the so-called regulations framed by the government last month are only guidelines and are not enough to make social media and OTT platforms accountable for the content they carried. The SC had asked the centre to submit regulations governing content on OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon etc that operate from outside the country. The SC direction followed petitions filed against Amazon for vulgar display of Hindu religion and its icons in its serial.