Over 2800 news publishers furnished info under digital media rules: Govt
Minister Anurag Thakur disclosed the information to Rajya Sabha while answering a question about upcoming news channels obtaining permission from the MIB
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur informed the Rajya Sabha that over 2,800 digital news publishers have furnished information under the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code of the Information Technology Act, 2000 rules.
The information is regarding the disclosure of information in public domain regarding grievance redressal periodically.
These rules provide for the following: a Code of Ethics for publishers of news and current affairs on digital media and publishers of online curated content (OTT platforms); A three-level grievance redressal mechanism for looking into complaints related to violation of Code of Ethics by the publishers; and the furnishing of information by publishers to the government and periodical disclosure of information in the public domain regarding grievance redressal.
