Govt to introduce bill in Parliament to regulate digital media: Sources
2 years, 5 months ago

Govt to introduce bill in Parliament to regulate digital media: Sources

India Today  

The Centre is likely to bring legislation by which digital media in the country will be regulated and could face action for "violations" under the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, sources said. Under the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, that proposes to bring digital media on par with newspapers, digital platforms will have to apply for registration, sources said. Digital publishers will need to register with the Press Registrar General, sources said, effectively bringing digital media under government regulation. In 2019, the Centre had put out a draft Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill that defined news on digital media as "news in digitised format that can be transmitted over the internet, computer or mobile networks and includes text, audio, video and graphics".

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India revises Broadcasting Bill, online creators fear crackdown
4 months, 1 week ago

India revises Broadcasting Bill, online creators fear crackdown

The Hindu  

Digital rights activists and online content creators welcomed a decision by India's government to rewrite a contentious broadcast bill that they feared would have censored speech on the internet. “A later version of the bill casts the net wider to include all digital content creators — from social media accounts and online video producers to podcasters,” according to technology policy …

Broadcasting Bill: Back to first principles
4 months, 1 week ago

Broadcasting Bill: Back to first principles

Hindustan Times  

The Indian government's draft Broadcast Services Bill, aimed at regulating all forms of digital media, has sparked widespread discussion. The bill, drafted by the information and broadcasting ministry, has three additional flaws: it categorises over-the-top streaming services alongside TV broadcasting, an exceptional measure globally that may allow the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to intervene in digital commerce; it brings …

Media bodies voice concern over draft broadcasting services bill
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Media bodies voice concern over draft broadcasting services bill

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Media bodies on Thursday voiced concern on the provisions of the draft broadcasting services bill and contended that it sought to create a multi-layered legal system to regulate and censor content in the digital space. "The Broadcasting Services Bill is one more step in creating a multi-layered legal system to regulate, control, monitor and censor content in the …

Journalist associations, digital rights groups demand withdrawal of laws aimed at ‘curbing freedom of press’
6 months, 1 week ago

Journalist associations, digital rights groups demand withdrawal of laws aimed at ‘curbing freedom of press’

The Hindu  

Several journalist associations and digital rights organisations have endorsed a resolution to intensify their demand for the withdrawal of laws that they said were “aimed at curbing the freedom of press”. As stated in the resolution, passed at a meeting held on May 28, 2024, the provisions under laws such as the proposed Broadcast Services Bill, 2023, Digital Personal Data …

New Press and Registration of Periodicals Act comes into force
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New Press and Registration of Periodicals Act comes into force

The Hindu  

March 02, 2024 09:05 pm | Updated 09:34 pm IST - NEW DELHI The new Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023, has come into force and the old Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, now stands repealed. “In tune with the ethos of Digital India, the new Act provides for an online system for facilitating the registration of …

I&B Ministry invites feedback on draft Press and Registration of Periodicals Rules, 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

I&B Ministry invites feedback on draft Press and Registration of Periodicals Rules, 2024

The Hindu  

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has invited comments and suggestions on the draft Press and Registration of Periodicals Rules, 2024, which have been proposed to be notified to implement the provisions of the Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023, as notified on December 29 last year. The law provides for a simple online mechanism to apply for title verification …

Draft PRP Act rules: Faceless circulation audit, reduced registration timelines
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Draft PRP Act rules: Faceless circulation audit, reduced registration timelines

Hindustan Times  

Periodicals getting or intending to get government The information and broadcasting ministry has proposed the rules days after the PRP Act was notified. They say the Press Registrar General can conduct or authorise central government officers for faceless and physical verification of circulation figures in case it receives some information, reference, or complaint against any periodical. The draft rules say …

Parliament passes Bill simplifying registration of periodicals
1 year ago

Parliament passes Bill simplifying registration of periodicals

The Hindu  

Parliament passed a Bill on Thursday to make the process of allotment of title and registration of periodicals simple and simultaneous through an online system without the requirement of any physical interface. Introducing the Bill in the Lok Sabha, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the legislation will make the registration of periodicals a one-step process. Stressing the …

Parliament clears bill to ease newspaper registration
1 year ago

Parliament clears bill to ease newspaper registration

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, through a voice vote after a two-and-a-half-hour debate in the absence of most, if not all, Opposition members. “The new bill in fact widens the powers of the State to have more intrusive and arbitrary checks into the functioning of newspapers and magazines than the existing …

Rajya Sabha passes Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill: Know about its key features and other details
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajya Sabha passes Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill: Know about its key features and other details

India TV News  

Amid the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed a bill that replaces the existing legislation which governs the registration of the print and publishing industry in the country. Speaking about the bill he said this would make it easier for media and publishing enterprises to do business, simplify the registration process, and decriminalise certain colonial-era …

Rajya Sabha clears bill to ease registration steps for periodicals, newspapers
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajya Sabha clears bill to ease registration steps for periodicals, newspapers

Hindustan Times  

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to simplify the registration process for periodicals and newspapers, and do away with several penal provisions that led to prosecution and imprisonment of publishers. Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur said the legislation will lead to ease of doing business for media and publishing companies, simplify the process of registration …

MeitY mystery: Consultation process for Digital India Bill still opaque
1 year, 9 months ago

MeitY mystery: Consultation process for Digital India Bill still opaque

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 23, 2023 10:45 IST - 7 MINS READ The Union government’s ambitious vision of Digital India and its goals of “Catalysing New India’s Techade” are well known. The Bill will also touch upon the idea of “discretionary moderation of fake news” by social media platforms as well as “content monetisation rules for platform-generated and user-generated content”. “The …

Draft IT Rules have potential to muzzle the press: Digital news consortium DigiPub
1 year, 11 months ago

Draft IT Rules have potential to muzzle the press: Digital news consortium DigiPub

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: DigiPub, a consortium of digital news outlets in the country, has said the proposed amendments to the IT Rules can potentially become a "convenient institutional mechanism to muzzle the press". In a statement on Thursday, DigiPub News India Foundation also said the government should not appropriate powers to legitimise what information or news is real or fake. On …

Centre to soon implement law to regulate digital media, confirms I&B Minister Anurag Thakur
2 years, 1 month ago

Centre to soon implement law to regulate digital media, confirms I&B Minister Anurag Thakur

India TV News  

Highlights Union Minister Thakur said digital media has revolutionised news transmission He said Centre would soon bring a new law to replace the 1867 Press and Registration of Books Act The I&B minister also urged media to work 'responsibly' Digital media regulation: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that the government is drafting a bill to regulate digital …

U.S. bill strengthens digital news publishers’ right for revenue sharing with Big Tech
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S. bill strengthens digital news publishers’ right for revenue sharing with Big Tech

The Hindu  

Bipartite senators in the United States on Wednesday introduced a revised version of a bill that would make it easier for digital news publishers to negotiate with Big Tech companies for using their content on the former’s respective platforms. As per news agency Reuters, the bill titled ‘The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act’ endeavours to remove “legal obstacles to news …

Bringing Digital & Print on Par, What Registration of Press & Periodicals Bill Means for You - News18
2 years, 5 months ago

Bringing Digital & Print on Par, What Registration of Press & Periodicals Bill Means for You - News18

News 18  

Parliament is the temple of democracy and parliamentary procedures the rites by which the will of the people is translated into practice. As the Monsoon Session of Parliament progresses, the Centre plans to introduce a bill to replace the 155-year-old Press and Registration of Books Act with a simplified version that decriminalises various provisions and brings digital media under its …

Centre readying bill to regulate digital news media for first time. Read here
2 years, 5 months ago

Centre readying bill to regulate digital news media for first time. Read here

Live Mint  

The Government of India is preparing a bill to revive the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019, that will include Digital News Media industry for the first time. What is the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 According to several media reports, the Information and Broadcasting ministry, which will be the "administrative ministry", has started the process to …

Treat Websites of Dailies, Channels Differently from Other Digital Publishers, News Networks Tell Centre
3 years, 9 months ago

Treat Websites of Dailies, Channels Differently from Other Digital Publishers, News Networks Tell Centre

News 18  

Days after Centre notified new rules and guidelines for OTT platforms and digital news media, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the guidelines would bring online platforms on par with traditional media like newspapers and new channels. The Centre on February 25 had notified new rules and guidelines for OTT platforms and digital news media, requiring …

Power to Administer New Digital Media Rules Not with States, UTs: Centre
3 years, 9 months ago

Power to Administer New Digital Media Rules Not with States, UTs: Centre

News 18  

The Centre has told all states and union territories that the power to administer the new rules on digital media publications has not been delegated to them, a day after the Union government overturned a Manipur district magistrate's order issued under the recently implemented guidelines. The provisions under the new rules relate to the code of ethics for digital news …

Government seeks to silence online voices by bringing digital media under I&B Ministry
4 years ago

Government seeks to silence online voices by bringing digital media under I&B Ministry

The Hindu  

On November 9, in a surprise move, the Central government issued a notification bringing digital and online media comprising films and audiovisual programmes offered by online content providers and news and current affairs content on online platforms under the purview of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. In the affidavit, the government’s representative said: “The media includes mainstream electronic media, mainstream …

Content tracking: The Hindu Editorial on government regulation of online news, OTT services
4 years, 1 month ago

Content tracking: The Hindu Editorial on government regulation of online news, OTT services

The Hindu  

The recent decision of the government to bring video streaming services and online news under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was much anticipated, though with some trepidation. Recently, when the Supreme Court asked for its suggestions toward improving the existing self-regulatory mechanism for television media, in a case involving Sudarshan News, the government stated that regulating …

Will regulation of digital media lead to an era of government censorship? | The Hindu In Focus podcast
4 years, 1 month ago

Will regulation of digital media lead to an era of government censorship? | The Hindu In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

On November 11, the government issued an order bringing online news portals and Over The Top content–providers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar under the regulatory purview of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. This is a move with far-reaching consequences and could kickstart an era of more frequent and stricter censorship on what online services air. The Information …

Explained | How will the government regulate online news and OTT platforms?
4 years, 1 month ago

Explained | How will the government regulate online news and OTT platforms?

The Hindu  

The story so far The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has found a vast swathe of unregulated content, namely news online and Over the top platforms which had escaped any architecture of regulation. Sometime last month, the Ministry wrote to the Ministry of Information and Technology to explore the possibility of regulating online content. Also, senior officials in the Ministry said …

Digital/Online Media Brought Under Purview Of Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting [Read Notification]
4 years, 1 month ago

Digital/Online Media Brought Under Purview Of Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting [Read Notification]

Live Law  

Digital/Online media has been brought under the purview of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.The Second Schedule of the Government of India Rules has been amended to include following entries viz. Films and Audio-Visual programmes,News and current affairs content.Digital/Online Media would include Films and Audio-Visual programmes, news and current. Digital/Online Media would include Films and Audio-Visual programmes, news and current affairs …

Probe dominance of online advertising platforms, says report on the future of digital news
4 years, 4 months ago

Probe dominance of online advertising platforms, says report on the future of digital news

The Hindu  

A report examining the future of news in India has recommended that the Competition Commission of India investigate the dominance of online advertising platforms. The report, prepared by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, stated, “The The report also favoured the enactment of “light-touch measures” to address misinformation. The report suggests a range of legislative, co-regulatory and voluntary measures, which …

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