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Government unveils new rules to regulate digital news, social media, OTT platforms - 10 key points Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government has received several complaints about rampant abuse of social media platforms. Share Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 05:27 PM IST In an apparent effort to curb the misuse of digital platforms, including digital news, social media and over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, the Centre on Thursday announced new guidelines to aimed at regulting content on digital platforms. Addressing a press conference, Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Praka...

NEW DELHI: Digital news platforms and publishers of online curated content operating in India will have to inform the information and broadcasting ministry about where and how they publish, the nature of content they release, and the size of their subscriber base within 30 days of the notification of the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, for existing platforms, I&B minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday. Clarifying that this was not a mandatory registration process, Javadekar said the information would enable future communi...

Social media companies will have to track 'first originator' of information under certain circumstances, while digital media and OTT platforms will have to resolve grievances pertaining to a 'Code of Ethics'.

Govt unveils new guidelines to regulate content on social media, OTT platforms In a press conference, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the new guidelines will keep an eye on the content. Share Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 05:02 PM IST The government on Thursday unveiled new policies for social media and over the top (OTT) platforms. In a press conference, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the new guidelines will keep an eye on the web content/OTT content and empower social media users. "Social media is welcome for doing business in India, but such content is coming on social media,...

Digital news platforms must conform to journalistic and programme code February 25, 2021 Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad   -  The Hindu× RELATED Publishers of news and current affairs content will be required to observe norms of journalistic conduct of the Press Council of India and the Programme Code under the Cable TV Networks Regulation Act according to the new guidelines released by the government on Thursday. The government said this was done to provide a level playing field for both offline and digital media organisations. Digital news media operating in the territory of India wil...