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Centre to online news publishers: Give details on compliance with new rules in 15 days
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the tightening of the guidelines governing streaming companies and social media was being done to check the spread of fake news
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Although there is a lot of criticism surrounding the new rules for digital media, I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar defended the guidelines
The Centre has given digital media publishers, comprising online news and OTT platforms 15 days time to provide details on their compliance with the new guidelines on digital media ethics issued in February.
Group of Ministers suggests steps to stem ‘negative narrative’ on government
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They include tracking ‘50 negative and 50 positive influencers’ and ‘neutralising’ those writing against govt. without facts.
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Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Ravi Shankar Prasad were part of the Group of Ministers that met six times between June 14 and July 9 last year. File Photo
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They include tracking ‘50 negative and 50 positive influencers’ and ‘neutralising’ those writing against govt. without facts.
In an effort to “neutralise” the negative narrative, a Group of Ministers (GoM), formed to fine-tune the “government communication”, has come out with various suggestions, including tracking “50 negative and 50 positive influencers” on the social media and to “neutralise the people who are writing against the Government without facts and set false narratives / spread fake news
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01 Mar 2021 Representational image. A new code drawn up by the Indian government to regulate the working of social media and other digital platforms appears to be designed to meet immediate political needs rather than serve long-term interests of society.
The companies have been given three months to comply with the regulations. A code drawn up in 2011 to deal with social media was in place until now. The new one also covers Over-the-top (OTP) platforms which came up subsequently.
Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar provided details of the code at a joint press conference last week.