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Sting Newz Service: The illegal harassments to the representatives of On line News Portals came to an end finally. Central Government has taken the OTT ( Over- the -Top) platforms under its control.
Central Government has issued an order bringing the On line News Portals under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. On line news media including social sites are now under control of aforementioned Ministry.
The concerned notification was issued on Monday and President of India Ram Nath Covind signed it.
The Supreme Court asked for the response from Centre on October following a petition for regulating the OTT platforms by an autonomous body. Subsequently, the notification was issued.
Now the notification provides the Government the right to regulate the news on social media. It also will control Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video and news on platforms like as Face Book, Twitter and Instagram.
Prakash Javadekar, the Information and Broadcasting Minister earlier had told that the Government won’t take any step to curb the freedom of the media. He more said at that time that there should have some types of regulations on OTT platforms as there is the same for Print, Electronic Media and Films also.
