Diktat comes after Imphal West District Magistrate issued a notice to a Manipuri talk show under the Centre’s new regukations The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Wednesday informed all State and UT governments that the recently released rules on digital media ethics will be administered by the Central government and States have not been vested with any powers to issue notices to digital media or OTT platforms.
This diktat comes after the Imphal West District Magistrate issued a notice to a Manipuri talk show, ‘Khanasi Neinasi’, on March 1, under the Centre’s new media regulations. The Central government had notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Codes) Rules 2021, last week.