Last Updated: (*18*)March 14, 2024, 13:35 IST
Union minister Anurag Thakur, the I&B launch said, has repeatedly emphasised the accountability of the platforms to not propagate obscenity. (Representative Image)
A press launch by the ministry said that 19 web sites, 10 apps and 57 social media handles of OTT platforms blocked nationwide.
As many as 18 OTT platforms, “publishing obscene, vulgar, and, in some instances, pornographic content”, have been blocked by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B).
A press launch by the ministry said that 19 web sites, 10 apps (seven on Google Play Store, three on Apple App Store) and 57 social media handles of OTT platforms blocked nationwide.
The content material is claimed to be in violation of IT Act, Indian Penal Code, and Indecent illustration of Women (Prohibition) Act.
Union minister Anurag Thakur, the I&B launch said, has repeatedly emphasised the accountability of the platforms to not propagate obscenity, vulgarity and abuse underneath the guise of ‘creative expression’.
Last yr, in a gathering with representatives of OTT gamers, Thakur informed the representatives of over-the-high media service that they’ve a accountability of guaranteeing that their platform doesn’t propagate vulgarity and abuse.
“OTT players have a responsibility of ensuring that their platform does not propagate vulgarity and abuse camouflaged as ‘creative expression’,” he stated in a tweet.
In the assembly held in New Delhi, he additionally requested the platforms to be delicate and never demean India’s tradition within the content material it produces underneath this artistic freedom.
