Centre gives digital media, OTTs 15 days to furnish details on compliance

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has asked digital media and OTT platforms to furnish details of their compliance with new guidelines in 15 days.

The new digital media rules have asked for a three-tier grievance redressal for addressing problems of citizens. These would consist of digital news publishers and self-regulatory bodies constituted by them.

The new guidelines --- part of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 --- mandate the publisher of online curated content to display the classification rating specific to each content or programme together with a content descriptor informing the user about