Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Anurag Thakur, the minister of information and broadcasting, stated on Sunday that the government has seriously noted the growing number of complaints regarding the abusive and obscene content being broadcast on over-the-top (OTT) platforms and that, if necessary, the rules governing them may change. In Nagpur, Thakur declared during a news conference that “abusive language in the name of innovation will not be permitted. The accusations of an increase in abusive and offensive content on OTT platforms are taken seriously by the administration. The ministry is prepared to take that into consideration if any modifications to the rules are necessary in this respect.
He further said that “these platforms were given freedom for creativity, not obscenity. Whatever necessary action needs to be taken on this, the government will not back down from it. The process so far is that the producer has to resolve the received complaints at the first level. Around 90 per cent to 92 per cent of the complaints are resolved by them by making necessary changes. The next level of complaint resolution is at the level of their association, where most of the complaints are resolved. At the last level, it comes to the level of the government, where action is taken at the departmental committee level, according to the rules that are in place, but complaints have started increasing in the last few days and the department is taking it very seriously. If there is a need to make a change, we are willing to consider it seriously.”
