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News18
08-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
OTT Platforms Told Not To Stream Pakistani Content; New Advisory Issued
Last Updated: All streaming platforms in India are advised to discontinue Pakistan-origin content, including films, web series, songs, and podcasts, with immediate effect. The Government of India has issued an advisory to OTT platforms, media streaming services, and intermediaries regarding content originating from Pakistan. The advisory references the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, highlighting that publishers must avoid content that affects India's sovereignty and integrity. The OTT platforms have also been asked to avoid Pakistan-origin content, which not only threatens national security but also harms relations with foreign countries. Besides this, content which might incite violence or disturb public order must also be avoided. Consequently, all streaming platforms in India are advised to discontinue Pakistan-origin content, including films, web series, songs, and podcasts, with immediate effect, regardless of whether they are paid or free. The decision comes in light of recent terrorist attacks linked to Pakistan-based entities, including a 22 April 2025 attack in Pahalgam, which led to the killing of several Indians and one Nepali citizen. The decision comes a day after the Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Indian Air Force had hit multiple terror infrastructure sites in PoK and Pakistan's Bahawalpur region. The strikes, carried out from within Indian territory, were described as 'measured and non-escalatory." 'The Indian Armed Forces launched 'Operation Sindoor', hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed. Altogether, nine sites have been targeted. Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution," the statement read. Indian Army's official handle also posted on social media, 'Justice is served. Jai Hind," confirming the action. Several politicians, including Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, also reacted, praising the armed forces for avenging the Pahalgam victims. First Published:
Indian Express
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Parliament panel seeks report on action against social media platforms ‘working against' national interest
A parliamentary panel has asked the government to furnish details on the action it plans to take to ban social media platforms and influencers who seem to be 'working against the interest of the country, which is likely to incite violence' after the Pahalgam terror attack. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology wrote to the secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, and the secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, seeking these details. The office memorandum from the panel, say sources, requested the ministries for details of 'contemplated action taken to ban such platforms under IT Act 2000 and Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021'. The sources added that the panel has sought this information by May 8, 2025. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey heads Parliament's Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology. As many as 26 people were killed in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, and there has been a rise in cross-border hostility between India and Pakistan after the incident.
