Key Points
It wishes to regulate streaming platforms like Netflix and cable networks by forcing them to appoint Content Evaluation Committees" that will certify" series and films on these platforms, a bit like how the Censor Board approves films meant for theatrical release..
The guidelines prescribed age-ratings and attempted to create a system where thin-skinned Indians offended by content must first approach the grievance committee of the platform instead of taking the more entertaining route of police stations and courts..
All major streaming platforms, including Jio, have objected to the current effort to create censor boards for over-the-top (OTT) content, and to other provisions in the policy draft..
A person who was in the same room when a major streaming platform and the government spoke told me that platforms feel suffocated by this governments loud and frequent contemplation of how it wishes to control what is viewed..
Indias recent policies have clubbed news media and entertainment channels as a monolith just because they qualify as online streaming platforms..
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