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How the OTT landscape is set to change in India
Why did the Central government bring in new rules for OTT content?
The government said it has been receiving many complaints against the content being displayed across various over-the-top (OTT) apps and there was lack of an adequate grievance redress mechanism to address these concerns. In addition, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre to put in place regulations in this regard.
These rules also came after the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had been in talks with the OTT industry for the past two years to put in place a self-regulatory mechanism. Subsequently, 17 of the 40 OTT players had also become signatories to the universal self-regulation code, under the aegis of IAMAI. But it did not get the endorsement of the Ministry.
The Australian Greens, meanwhile, have asked that it be repealed and redrafted.
March 14, 2021 23:24 GMT (16:24 PDT) | Topic: Security
Australia s new Online Safety Bill was introduced to Parliament on February 24, eight business days after consultation on the draft legislation closed and before the submissions to the consultation were published. It was handed to a Senate committee on February 25 and after holding one public hearing, the committee has handed down its report.
Despite testimony from tech companies and civil liberties groups, the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee has made a total of two recommendations.
One of the recommendations simply state: The committee recommends that the Bills be passed .
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