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Exclusive: Streaming services raise concerns on IT Rules through IAMAI 7 hours ago The Internet and Mobile Association of India on April 9 prepared a “final” list of concerns that Online Curated Content Platforms like Netflix and Hotstar had on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics code) Rules, 2021. Streaming services, the largest of whom are members of IAMAI’s Digital Entertainment Committee, have largely been silent on the code. But the list of concerns prepared by the industry association indicates that, some wrinkles aside, they will largely c...

Templates and hate: takeaways from complaints to the government against Tandav 3 hours ago MediaNama obtained a trove of around 100 complaints that were filed against the series Tandav to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting under the RTI Act. The Internet Freedom Foundation and The Quint first made the complaints public. While the rules themselves were in the making for a long time, the fires fanned by political outfits — dutifully described by mainstream media as “controversies” — around such shows helped set the ground for the regulations. Let’s take a look in detail at the...

IT Rules 2021: How will SaaS companies like Freshworks and Zoho be affected? 4 hours ago Indian Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies like Freshworks and Zoho could be unintended victims of the new Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021. Notified in February, the IT Rules 2021 prescribe regulation for internet intermediaries, while creating a new definition meant for social media platforms. While SaaS products don’t necessarily function like social media companies, the rules seem to make no distinction between them. Why it matters: India is a SaaS powerhouse with around 8,000 SaaS compan...

Parliamentary IT panel quizzes MEITY on Intermediary Rules: Report March 16, 2021 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, in a scheduled interaction, questioned officials from the Ministries of Electronics & Information Technology and Information & Broadcasting on the Intermediary Rules, and the OTT streaming regulations therein, the Hindustan Times reported. The ministries were reportedly asked whether due process was followed in consulting the industry before putting out the Rules, which the ministry assured the committee had been done. While there was indeed a publi...

MEITY in a statement denied threatening to jail executives from social media and messaging companies for non-compliance with legal demands.