The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has given 15 days’ time to digital media publishers, including OTT and digital news platforms, to furnish details on their compliance, under the new guidelines on digital media ethics that were issued in February.
The new rules announced by the Centre feature a Code of Ethics and a three-tier grievance redressal framework that news publishers and OTT platforms must comply to.
I&B minister Prakash Javadekar told the media, that tightening of rules governing social media and streaming companies was done to stop fake news. The new guidelines state that content involving nudity and morphed pictures of women will have to be removed in 24 hours of a complaint being raised. Rights activists have however argued that the new guidelines saying they encourage censorship.