"Our Sensitivities Different...": Minister On 'Vulgar' Social Media Content

In October junior I&B Minister L Murugan said the government is drafting a new policy to regulate OTT content; this is aimed at non-self-regulating providers.

The government's effort to combat 'vulgar' content on social media and OTT platforms require strengthening of existing laws, Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Parliament Wednesday, declaring such to be the result of "differences between our culture and the culture of countries from these platforms come (referring obliquely to the West)".

Mr Vaishnaw was responding to a Zero Hour question by BJP MP Arun Govil about laws to check 'abusive' content online, including that on social media and available on OTT platforms.