Ott Apps Ban: In order to take strict action against showing illegal and obscene content, the central government has ordered all Internet service provider to stop access to the common people for 20 OTT platforms. These OTT apps include the popular OTTs like Ulu, ALTT, Desflix.
A notification issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India emphasizes that intermediaries are responsible for removing and disabling illegal information in accordance with the Information Technology Act 20 and the Information Technology Act Rule (mediatory Rules, Digital Media Ethics Code) 2021. The rules clearly state that the aim of this move is to prevent the promotion of the contents of the sexual and Indian legal and cultural standards.
যে সমস্ত ওটিটি অ্যাপগুলিকে নিষিদ্ধ করা হয়েছে তাদের মধ্যে রয়েছে – বিগ শটস অ্যাপ, বুমেক্স, নবরস লাইট, গুলাব অ্যাপ, কঙ্গন অ্যাপ, বুল অ্যাপ, জলভা অ্যাপ, ওয়াও এন্টারটেইনমেন্ট, লুক এন্টারটেইনমেন্ট, হিটপ্রাইম, ফেনেও, শোএক্স, সোল টকিজ, আড্ডা টিভি, হটএক্স ভিআইপি, হালচাল অ্যাপ, মুডএক্স, নিয়নএক্স, ভিআইপি, ফিউজি, Moziflix, Triflix.
It has been proven that all these apps have violated various laws. These include Article 1 and 3 of India’s Information Technology Act 20, Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Women’s Pornography Act, 1. The government has clearly directed that the access to ordinary people is disabled or removed on this website or platform. The MIB has urged the director of the telecommunications department to make approval by the Internet service providers. According to the media report, this step reflects the government’s commitment to apply digital content control and to ensure the obedience of law in the country.
In April, the Supreme Court responded to a petition calling for the ban on the OTT and the media to ban the sexual dominant content. The Supreme Court replied, ‘This is outside our lice. You have to do something ‘. However, the judges also highlighted the need for executive steps. The Supreme Court’s Solicitor General has already indicated further action under consideration and considered.
Earlier, the government had banned several apps. Not only to block, but the owners of the app were sued for showing porn content in accordance with Article 212 of the Indian Penal Code. There were some apps that have more than one billion downloads.