Censorship Of OTT Platform: The Conundrum In Regulatory Framework
- IJLLR Journal
- 5 days ago
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Harshita Tripathi, LLM, Amity Law School, Amity University
Dr. Juhi Saxena, Assistant Professor, Amity Law School, Amity University
ABSTRACT
Law is Dynamic. Both the law and society change as a result of new discoveries and inventions. In the 1950s, no one could have foreseen the advent of the internet. However, India has 692 million active internet users at the moment. By 2025, India will have 900 million internet users, as stated in the IAMAI report titled "Internet in India." The worldwide media outlet has been seeing a steady change over the past few years attributable to the period of digitalisation. This has brought about huge disturbance of the conventional substance conveyance models of papers (first), and presently telecasters are being upset by advanced content providers. The digital sector, television, radio, print, and cinema make up the 1.82 trillion-dollar Indian entertainment industry. It is the era of online videos and the over-the-top services, which enable the users to consume content through the use of the internet. While the telecommunication players have been quick to respond to the rapidly changing advancements like the launch of cell phones and the internet, they appear to be battling to keep up with their regulatory mechanism. Through the research conducted for this thesis, the author has sought to evaluate the situation of lack of exclusive regulation on the content available on the video streaming OTT Platforms. This need was felt due to the controversies arising in the nation on various shows streaming over these platforms. The thesis discusses the crucial factors that have adjusted to the shift towards the OTT platforms, especially in the entertainment industry, to emphasize the paternalistic role of the state and the policy vacuum situation. The Judiciary, Government, and the attitude of the industry have shown a light on the impact of a medium on the viewers.
