Category: Blogs

The Centre on Tuesday issued a government order to bring online news platforms and content providers under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It amended the (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, to make the changes. With this, over-the-top or OTT platforms such as Netflix, Hotstar and Amazon’s Prime Video are under the purview of the I&B Ministry. While film and TV certification bodies moderate public content in India, it did not allow censorship of content on the online streaming platforms. Currently, there is no law or autonomous committee governing digital content in the country.