Centre asks OTT, digital media platforms to give details on compliance with new rules in 15 days

The Centre has asked OTT and other digital media platforms give details to show their compliance with its new rules within 15 days.

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 with the new guidelines on digital media ethics that were issued in February. The new rules were announced by the Centre to “establish a soft touch progressive institutional mechanism with a level playing field featuring a Code of Ethics and a three-tier grievance redressal framework for news publishers and OTT platforms on the digital media”. The Code of Ethics will be applicable to online news and digital media entities, OTT platforms and digital media. I&B minister Prakash Javadekar had told India Today TV that the tightening of rules governing social media and streaming companies was done to stop fake news.