{"id":93276,"date":"2021-03-08T19:10:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=93276"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:18:19","slug":"sc-calls-for-tightening-the-regulatory-norms-for-ott-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-calls-for-tightening-the-regulatory-norms-for-ott-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"SC calls for tightening the regulatory norms for OTT platforms."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source- <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GU38BOS4P.1&amp;imageview=0\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus- GS 2 &#8211; <\/strong>Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis- <\/strong>SC should try to stop the ongoing outrage against web series Tandav not join it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Supreme Court was hearing Aparna Purohit\u2019s [the commercial head of Amazon Prime Video India] plea for anticipatory bail in the complaint against her over controversial web series Tandav.<\/li>\n<li>Aparna Purohit has filed an application for advance bail after the Allahabad High Court denied her anticipatory bail.\n<\/li>\n<li>The Allahabad high court stated that the web series contains some offensive scenes [now deleted] which is a punishable offense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the ruling of the Supreme Court?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A key highlight of SC ruling-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The SC calls for tightening the regulations for OTT [over the top] streaming services.<\/li>\n<li>The SC ruled that the recently notified rules for digital media and intermediaries lack teeth as they don&#8217;t allow pre-screening of content or have a provision to prosecute violators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the misplaced concern?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ruling was very unusual to call for stricter regulation after finding that the IT rule 2021 lacked punishment provisions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curbing freedom of speech and expression<\/strong>&#8211; The new rules might have chilling effect on free speech and expression through digital media.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The High Court&#8217;s decision is tilted against upholding religious sentiments while restricting individual freedom of expression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Some unusual claim by the High court<\/strong>&#8211;\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The title Tandav itself could hurt the sentiments of a majority of Indians as it is associated with Lord Shiva.<\/li>\n<li>Hindi film industry, in comparison to South-Indian industry, was generally disrespectful to the Hindu religion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Way forward-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Supreme Court should not encourage outrage to influence rules and regulations.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For example<\/strong>&#8211; The SC uses the web series Tandav case as an occasion for tightening the regulatory norms for OTT streaming services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Supreme Court should not allow anyone who feels offended to sue anyone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source- The Hindu Syllabus- GS 2 &#8211; Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Synopsis- SC should try to stop the ongoing outrage against web series Tandav not join it. Introduction- The Supreme Court was hearing Aparna Purohit\u2019s [the commercial head of Amazon Prime&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-calls-for-tightening-the-regulatory-norms-for-ott-platforms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SC calls for tightening the regulatory norms for OTT platforms.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10319,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704859125},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}