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Centre announces new guidelines for social media and OTT platforms

The centre has been working on revising the country’s old IT Act for some time now and finally announced a new rule. The union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar on Thursday released the guidelines of new rules to regulate digital content on social media.

The all-new Information Technology Rules, 2021, will bring social media and the OTT platforms under a regulatory framework.

The centre has introduced a three-tier regulatory framework for addressing grievances. The three-tier structure is under (Level I) Self-regulation by the applicable entity, (Level II) Self-regulation by the self-regulating bodies of the applicable entities, and (Level III) Oversight mechanism by the Central Government.

This should be only concerning sovereignty the integrity of India, the security of the state, public order, relations with foreign states, or rape, sexually explicit content. With the new regulatory rules, India joins nations across the world, frequently examining to monitor social media platforms.

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