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.
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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 Prakash Javadekar said that the new rules have been announced by the Centre to “establish a soft touch progressive institutional mechanism with a level playing field featuring a Code of Ethics and a three-tier grievance redressal framework for news publishers and OTT platforms on the digital media.”