Nodal Officers in Ministries to Spot Illicit Digital Media Content, Alert I&B Min to Block under New IT Rules
Every ministry, department and other attached government organisations will now have a dedicated nodal officer, who will be the sole authority to identify digital news media and OTT content that might be “unlawful” and flag them to the information and broadcasting ministry for blocking under the intermediary and digital media rules released last year, News18 has learnt. The Information Technology Rules, 2021, empowers the I&B ministry to administer blocking of content published by digital news media as well as OTT platforms. Last month, the I&B ministry had issued directions for blocking 35 YouTube channels, two Twitter and two Instagram accounts, two websites and one Facebook account, under emergency provisions of the new digital media rules. In its letter, the I&B ministry said that ministries, departments and various state governments had already designated nodal officers who flagged unlawful internet content to the ministry of electronics and information technology for blocking under the Blocking Rules, 2009.
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