MIB sets 15 days deadline for digital news, OTT platforms to furnish details

NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has set out details that are to be provided by digital news sites and OTT (over-the-top) video streaming platforms to comply with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, which it had brought out in February this year.

Content publishers are to furnish information within the next 15 days, it said in a statement dated 26 May.

According to the latest notification, digital publishers that also publish or telecast news on traditional media such as newspapers or television have to provide details on language in which content is published, website, mobile apps, social media accounts,