'Parliament's standing committee to take up the issue', says Ashwini Vaishnaw on laws to check vulgar content
4 months, 1 week ago

'Parliament's standing committee to take up the issue', says Ashwini Vaishnaw on laws to check vulgar content

India TV News  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today spoke about the laws to check vulgar content on social media. Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content: Vaishnaw Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social media platforms, Vaishnaw said amid din in the House. He was responding to questions by BJP member Arun Govil about existing mechanisms to check telecasts of vulgar and sex-related content through social media platforms illegally and whether the government proposes to make the existing laws more stringent keeping in view the fact that the said laws are not much effective to stop misuse of these platforms.

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Parl panel seeks I.T. ministry reply on how law tackles obscene content
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Parl panel seeks I.T. ministry reply on how law tackles obscene content

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology, on Wednesday sought a note from the ministry on the efficacy of existing laws to deal with obscene content, and the need to amend the existing IT Act, 2000. According to a senior functionary of the panel, it is set to recommend to …

Supreme Court asks Central Govt to regulate obscene content on YouTube and other social media platforms
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court asks Central Govt to regulate obscene content on YouTube and other social media platforms

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider regulating obscene content on YouTube and other social media and said it would not leave a vacuum and barren area the way it is being misused by so-called YouTube channels. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, who was sitting in …

Ranveer Allahbadia's 'Sex With Parents' Remark: What Does The Law Say On Vulgarity?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ranveer Allahbadia's 'Sex With Parents' Remark: What Does The Law Say On Vulgarity?

ABP News  

YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia has found himself in choppy waters after his crass remarks to a contestant on comedian Samay Raina's roast show 'India's Got Latent'. During Zero Hour, Mhaske said there was a need to enact a law to regulate social media platforms where influencers are posting "all kinds of nonsense" in the name of freedom of speech. Allahbadia, who …

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
4 months ago

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Hindustan Times  

Stronger laws are required to deal with obscenity in social media, Union minister of information and broadcasting and electronics and information technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, especially since they lack the editorial checks of traditional media. Vaishnaw was responding to first time BJP MP Arun Govil’s question on whether a mechanism existed to check “telecast …

Ashwini Vaishnaw urges stronger regulations for social media, OTT content
4 months, 1 week ago

Ashwini Vaishnaw urges stronger regulations for social media, OTT content

Live Mint  

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said that there is a need to strengthen existing regulations to curb vulgar content on social media and over-the-top platforms, and called for a consensus on the same. Acknowledging the distinct cultural differences between India and the geographies where these platforms originated, Vaishnaw pointed out that India's cultural sensitivities differ greatly from those of …

Parliamentary proceedings: Need for strengthening laws governing social media and OTT platforms: Ashwini Vaishnaw
4 months, 1 week ago

Parliamentary proceedings: Need for strengthening laws governing social media and OTT platforms: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Hindu  

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday emphasised the need to strengthen existing laws governing social media and OTT platforms and build a societal consensus on the issue. He said that due to the absence of such editorial oversight, social media had become a platform for freedom of the press, but it has also become a space …

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw
4 months, 1 week ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government is mulling stringent laws to check vulgar content on social media posts and other platforms like over-the-top or OTT, saying that such platforms are required to appoint grievance officers and set up a mechanism for addressing user complaints. "There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social media …

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media
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4 months, 1 week ago

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi. There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social …

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content
4 months, 1 week ago

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content

India Today  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday called for laws to curb objectionable content on social media and hoped that the Opposition would have a discussion on the same. The government has urged social media platforms to be more proactive in content moderation, especially when it comes to harmful or illegal content. It said that social media companies …

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw
4 months, 1 week ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Today, social media is a platform for freedom of press but it is uncontrolled and there is vulgar content, the minister said during the Question Hour. There is a need to make existing …

Government to bring legal changes, regulations needed for greater social media accountability: Ashwini Vaishnaw
2 years, 9 months ago

Government to bring legal changes, regulations needed for greater social media accountability: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Hindu  

Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said there is a clear consensus in the country on making social media platforms more accountable, and assured that the government will bring legal changes and regulations needed to do so. Within media groups, the self-regulation needed.self regulation will be done.but whereever needed, we will take all steps to make social media more …

Justice Katju Favours Filtering Of 'Offensive' Internet Content
13 years, 3 months ago

Justice Katju Favours Filtering Of 'Offensive' Internet Content

India TV News  

New Delhi, Dec 13: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday got support from Press Council chief, Justice Markandey Katju, who said that he favoured filtering of “offensive material” on social networking sites as it could promote religious hatred. “The pictures and other content show religious figures of certain communities in a highly offensive and even pornographic manner. Justice Katju said …

Katju favours filtering of ‘offensive' Internet content
13 years, 3 months ago

Katju favours filtering of ‘offensive' Internet content

The Hindu  

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday got support from Press Council chief, Justice Markandey Katju, who said that he favoured filtering of “offensive material” on social networking sites as it could promote religious hatred. “The pictures and other content show religious figures of certain communities in a highly offensive and even pornographic manner. Justice Katju said that following the controversy …

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