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In the past years, OTT platforms have become more and more popular. The COVID-19-led lockdown forced theaters to close, but OTT services like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hotstar, and many others saw a 30% surge in paying subscribers. These websites are well known for providing a large selection of the most recent and diverse material for a reasonable monthly or yearly subscription charge.

However, despite the positive outlook for the Indian video OTT market, the government has issued new regulations that could hinder streaming websites. The Information Technology Rules 2021 are the name of the proposed three-tier system.

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What are the Information Technology Rules?

According to reports, one of the main goals of monitoring these platforms is to regulate and hold OTT streaming services and digital content creators more legally accountable inside the Indian legal system. It also functions as a type of parental control that screens out content that is improper for children. In general, social media platforms are required by the IT Rules (2021) to use greater caution with regard to the material on their platforms.

Here, the users are informed to refrain from disseminating copyrighted material as well as anything that can be seen as libellous, racially or ethnically derogatory, paedophilic, endangering India’s unity, integrity, defense, security, or sovereignty, or violating any current law. Let’s examine the advantages and disadvantages of this excessive censorship.

OTT platforms censorship: advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:

Keep children safe from harmful content and influences.

Parents strive very hard to protect their kids from harmful influences. The internet is everywhere, and it contains stuff that is not suitable for children and could harm their development. We can reduce potential threats and stop a child from being inexperienced by using censorship.

It protects the country’s global image.

Censorship can be used to keep track of how much information citizens are exposed to on a daily basis from their government, businesses, and other major institutions. Even the top-secret files might become public with a simple request if there was no censorship.

Disadvantages:

It lowers the general public’s IQ.

Strict guidelines will be applied to the censored information that is released, and each time, specific goals must be met. It is an effort to prevent people from learning the situation’s reality.

Change in Social Responsibilities

When the government decides what information people can access, there is no longer any individual responsibility for one’s conduct. This process gives the person in charge of implementing these regulations control over ethics, morals, and standards.

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