Govt brought non-statutory guidelines to control OTT platforms without Parliament's assent: Congress

Name: Govt brought non-statutory guidelines to control OTT platforms without Parliament's assent: Congress
Uploaded: 2021-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
Description: The Central govt on Thursday has brought non-statutory guidelines to control social media platforms without Parliament&#39;s approval.Reacting to this, Congress

The Central govt on Thursday has brought non-statutory guidelines to control social media platforms without Parliament's approval.
Reacting to this, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said that social media should not be controlled by any non-statutory rules and executive orders.
He termed the rules made by govt extremely dangerous for free speech and creativity.
Mentioning that no act was passed in this regard, Singhvi said Parliamentary scrutiny was necessary before bringing rules to regulate social media.
Letting you know, the IT rules were announced at a joint press conference by I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad

Central Cabinet Minister

Prakash Javadekar

Central Cabinet Minister

Abhishek Manu Singhvi

Rajya Sabha MP

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