Charter of rules for regulatory bodies for OTTs, digital news sites to be issued soon

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) will soon come up with a charter spelling out norms for the proposed self-regulating bodies (SRBs) for publishers of online curated content (OTT platforms) and digital news websites. These self-regulating bodies have been mandated under the new IT rules laws that now govern digital media.

As per official sources, the charter is being prepared with the help of internal and external experts. The charter will list their responsibilities as they are supposed to act as a filter before complaints are heard by the government.