Templates and hate: takeaways from complaints to the government against Tandav
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MediaNama obtained a trove of around 100 complaints that were filed against the series Tandav to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting under the RTI Act. The Internet Freedom Foundation and The Quint first made the complaints public. While the rules themselves were in the making for a long time, the fires fanned by political outfits dutifully described by mainstream media as “controversies” around such shows helped set the ground for the regulations. Let’s take a look in detail at the complaints.
1. Templates, templates, templates: While the I&B Minister has spoken about complaints on streaming services, he left out a crucial bit: a substantive portion of these complaints are copy-pasted from a template. The most common template, used 22 times, termed Tandav as a “Hinduphobic” show. At least one organization, Maharashtra-based
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against digital platforms which show inappropriate content or violate the norms. The top court also granted interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video s India head Aparna Purohit in FIRs lodged over web series Tandav. It asked her to co-operate with the investigation and appear before the Investigating Officer as and when required. A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and R S Reddy also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on Purohit s plea for anticipatory bail in FIRs on Tandav series. The top court said that there is nothing in the rules to control the inappropriate content on these platforms and without legislation it may not be possible to control it.