Centre ‘studying’ legal provisions to regulate obscene digital content

Amid an advisory to OTT platforms against transmitting obscene content, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said that there is a need to revisit the existing laws on the subject.

The admission was made before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology this week.

Making a deposition before the panel, the ministry said it was in the process of reviewing existing statutory provisions and considering requirements for a reworked legal framework on regulation of harmful content on digital platforms.