DNA Explainer: What is First Originator , new guidelines for sharing content on WhatsApp and social media
Posts inimical to sovereignty, integrity, national security, public order or sexually explicit, social media sites have to disclose who started it. Every social media platforms are welcome in India but there shouldn t be double standards: Ravi Shankar Prasad (Image Source: ANI)
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Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 04:37 PM IST
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) on Thursday, announced the draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, for social media platforms, OTT players and digital media.
The government s new rules to regulate digital content requires social media giants to disclose first originator of a post that is found objectionable or offensive.
What do the new rules say?
IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said during a press conference that social media platforms must remove content that depicts an individual in a sexual act or conduct or any form of nudity is being displayed on the platform within 24 hours.
With these new rules, India is looking to regulate some of the questionable content that is being posted on these social media platforms, a practice that is also being followed by other big nations.
The government welcomes criticism and right to dissent but it is very important for the users of social media to have a forum to raise their grievance against the misuse of social media: Union Minister @rsprasad#ResponsibleFreedom#OTTGuidelinespic.twitter.com/nsowrwbzt0
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urged social media companies to have a soft-touch oversight mechanism and a robust redressal of grievances in order to reign in objectionable content
New rules for OTT and digital media platforms announced by government
New rules for OTT and digital media platforms announced by government
By:Meenu Rana, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi
Last updated : February 25, 2021 5:20 pm
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) has announced new guidelines for digital news organizations, social media platforms and OTT platforms to stop the misuse of content. The draft regulation, Information Technology Rules (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Code of Ethics for Digital Media), 2021, aims to have tighter control.
During a press conference, chaired by Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Ravi Shankar Prasad, the latter listed the features of the guidelines, which has been divided into two categories: Social media intermediary and Significant social media intermediary.