Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Mr. Anurag Thakur on Sunday addressed a press conference and said that obscene content and abusive language in the name of creativity won’t be tolerated.
He said that if there is a need to change the rules, the Ministry of I&B wont hesitate. They will take tough action against abusive language and vulgarity on OTT platforms, he said.
OTT platorms are seeing rise in the form of obscene content and abusive language. The government is serious about that complaint, Tough action and steps in this regard will be taken, the minister has assured.
He also spoke about the three stage mechanism followed currently to deal with content on OTT platforms.
First producers have to deal with the complaints about their content and address them, following which these complaints go to their association. When a complaint reaches the I&B department (govt), strict action will be taken, as per the rules, he said.
