The rules borrow heavily from the existing regulations and structure governing the television media, including content codes and grievance redressal structure.
Digital news media has been brought under the purview of Section 69(A) of the IT Act.
Ravi Shankar Prasad said that social media platforms will have a provision for voluntary verification of the users.
The 29-pages-long document lists guidelines regarding due diligence, grievance redressal and self-regulation for news portals, social media and OTT platforms.
These platforms were hitherto ungoverned and this would be the first attempt by the government to regulate them. According to the new guidelines, these intermediaries will fall into two categories based on their user base—social media intermediary and significant social media intermediaries.
NBCUniversal Formats is the international sales division for all formats created within the production, broadcast and streaming divisions of NBCUniversal and Sky Studios, as well as select third parties.
Revenue sharing deals between tech platforms and big news firms may leave consumers worse off.
While these news websites may have a limited unique visitor base, they stand out with their high engagement and low bounce rates.
Is data good? Yes. Is more data better? Not necessarily. No matter where it’s being generated or collected in your business, more data can lead to problems like unruly data management, data breaches, and steep fines and fees.
The TV segment – contributing around half of the sector’s topline – has recovered fully and will report healthy growth next fiscal.