MIB declines request to exclude traditional media from IT Rules

NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has refused to exclude traditional print and television media from the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, that came into force this February.

In a letter addressed to digital news publishers, publishers of online curated content and association of digital media publishers, the ministry has asked them to comply with the Rules ‘without any misapprehensions,’ thereby appointing grievance officers immediately, furnishing information and constituting self-regulatory bodies, if not done so yet. The letter was issued on 10 June.

Emphasising that traditional media publishers are already governed by the Programme Code under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act,