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This has sent shockwaves across idyaa hO AaOr baD,I AaoTITI kMpinayaaM nayaI naIit ko saaqa Aanao kI kaoiSaSa the industry and big OTT players are trying to come to kr rhI hOM. terms with the new policy. saamaga`I ko saMbaMQa maoM kao[- BaI iSakayat kao 15 idnaaoM ko BaItr Any complaint with regards to the content will need saMbaaoiQat krnao kI AavaSyakta haogaI AaOr yaid yah saMtaoYajanak trIko sao to be addressed within 15 days and if it is not satisfactorily addressed, then the complainant will be referred to a self- saMbaaoiQat nahIM ikyaa gayaa tao iSakayatkta- kao AaoTITI kMpinayaaoM Wara regulatory body collectively established by the OTT saamaUihk $p sao sqaaipt ek svaainayaamak inakaya kao saMdiBa-t ikyaa players. This body will be headed by a retired judge of the jaayaogaa.yah inakaya savaao-cca nyaayaalaya¸ ek ]cca nyaayaalaya ko saovaainavaR<a Supreme Court, a High Court, or an independent eminent nyaayaaQaISa¸ yaa maIiDyaa¸ p`saarNa¸ manaaorMjana¸ baala AiQakar¸ maanava AiQakar person from the field of media, broadcasting, entertainment, yaa Anya p`asaMigak xao~aoM sao svatM~ vyai@t haogaa.[sa sva inayaamak inakaya child rights, human rights or other relevant fields. This ko pasa yaid yah BaodBaavapUNa- payaa jaata hO tao maamalao maoM saamaga`I kao raoknao self-regulatory body will have the powers to censure the content in case if it found to be incriminating. kI Sai@tyaaM haoMgaI. To top this, at the third tier, the government has [sasao Aagao baZ,kr sarkar nao tIsaro str ko $p maoM Kud kao equipped itself with overriding powers in the form of ‘Aaovarsaa[T tM~’ ko $p maoM AiQaBaavaI Sai@tyaaoM sao sausaijjat ikyaa “oversight mechanism”. An inter-ministerial committee hO.ek AMtr–maMi~strIya saimait [sa kaya- kao krogaI AaOr [samaoM mau#ya $p will perform this function and it will largely have the sao AaoTITI ko saamaUihk sva–inayaamak inakaya ko samaana Sai@tyaaM haoMgaI. same powers as the collective self-regulatory body of the OTTs. sarkar nao Kud kao AapatkalaIna Sai2tyaaoM sao sausaijjat ikyaa The government has equipped itself with “emergency” hO.inayama¸ AapatkalaIna p`kRit ko maamalao maoM saUcanaa va p`saarNa maM~alaya ko powers. The rules state, “in case of emergency nature” the saicava nao batayaa ik ‘yaid vah saMtuYT hOM ik yah AavaSyak yaa samaIcaIna Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting may, AaOr nyaayaaoicat hO tao iksaI BaI jaanakarI ko saava-jainak ]pyaaoga kao “if he is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient and Ava$w krnao ka AadoSa doto hOM. justifiable” give orders to block public access of any information. AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao-M kao paMca Aayau AaQaairt EaoiNayaaoM maoM saamaga`I kao OTT platforms will have to self-classify content into sva–vagaI-kRt krnaa haogaa: yaU ³yaUinavasa-la´¸ yaUÀe 7Plasa¸ yaUÀe 13 Plasa¸ five age-based categories — U (Universal), U/A 7+, U/A yaUÀe 16 Plasa¸ AaOr e ³vayask´.yaUÀe 13 Plasa yaa ]ccatr AaOr ‘e’ 13+, U/A 16+, and A (Adult). Platforms would be required ko $p maoM vagaI-kRt saamaga`I ko ilae ivaSvanaIya Aayau sa%yaapna tM~ ko $p maoM to implement parental locks for content classified as U/A vagaI-kRt saamaga`I ko ilae pOroMTla laa^k kao laagaU krnao ko ilae PlaoTfamaao-M kI 13+ or higher, and reliable age verification mechanisms AavaSyakta haogaI.vat-maana maoM AiQakaMSa AaoTITI PlaoTfama- [sa tM~ ka for content classified as “A”. The majority of OTT platforms currently follow this mechanism. palana krto hOM. What remains to be seen is how much of this will work? 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