UP’s new digital media policy: Life imprisonment for anti-national posts

The Uttar Pradesh government has come out with a new social media policy, entailing stringent punishment for those posting anti-national or derogatory content and financial rewards for influencers promoting government policies.

The ‘UP Digital Media Policy 2024’ was cleared by the UP cabinet on Tuesday evening.

Under the policy, the government would give advertisements to eligible visual and digital media firms and influencers active on popular social media platforms of X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The actual payment would be determined on the basis of subscribers and followers commanded by these firms and social media influencers.