Digital publishers say Javadekar meet constructive, others not that happy

NEW DELHI: Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar met representatives of Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) through video conferencing on Thursday. This comes after the government notified the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

“DNPA made suggestions that preserve freedom of the press and emphasised that all its members are bound by, and follow, the regulations of Press Council of India and/or NBSA,” DNPA tweeted.

It added that the meeting was constructive.

Digital rights activist Nikhil Pahwa felt the statement hinted at ‘something problematic’, describing how new rules give the government ‘disproportionate power’.