The Ministry of I & B has asked self-control bodies of OTT platforms to take appropriate active action by platforms to violate the code of conduct. Image for representation. , Photo Credit: Getty Image/ISTOCKPhoto

On Thursday (February 20, 2025) according to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I & B), OTT streaming services against broadcasting “any content is prohibited by law” said to him “Age of content according to information technology. Based classification “must ensure (Intermediate Liability and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

The OTT (over-the-top) platforms should apply age-gating requirements for mature materials, it said.

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The ministry said that it was issuing this advice after receiving complaints from members of Parliament, “statutory organizations” and general public.

It is not particularly clear that “porn, porn and pornographic materials” is referring to this circular. In December 2024, the Ministry of I&B has some shows “some shows to promote, glimpse or glorify the use of drugs and psychotropic substances through such depiction by main heroes and other actors”.

IT rules include comprehensive rules determining age ratings for materials on Indian streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Those rules require streaming services for the formal grievance redressal system. They should be part of a three-level system, under which the users who are angry with some materials can first reach the stage, then a self-control body, and further an inter-departmental committee of the Central Government.

SC wants action

On Tuesday (February 18, 2025), a bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Surya Kant saw orally that the government needed to take some action on pornographic materials on social media. The current consultant has been sent only to user-related material platforms such as the legal term, YouTube for streaming platforms such as online curated content platforms, Netflix.

The court was hearing a case on club to club against Ranveer Allahbadia, which is in the center of a storm on a joke in YouTube show, who is a podcaster, India became latent,

The IT rules do not completely ban oath, sex or nudity; Instead they require shows and films that are among them – with drug abuse and violence – for older audiences. Since the IT rules were excluded, streaming services have become more reluctant to release greenlights and projects that facilitate political or religious comments. However, OTT shows Mirzapur And HadesThe characteristic of violence and swearing -in – which cannot be easily shown in films or TV – has been extremely popular.

Like the IT rules, the advisory points to other laws, which is to warn streaming providers against pornography facilities. “It is also noted that the provisions of indecent representation of the Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 are also invited; Indian Judge (BNS), 2023; Protection of children from sexual offenses (POCSO) Act; And the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, in which the publication of pornographic/pornographic material is a punishable offense, ”the advisor reads.