Censorship of OTT Platforms in India : A Bliss or A Bane ?

Abstract

Media has generally been regarded as a resource of data & broadcast for the entirepopulation in a country. They have a wide scope of information and stand out data that is any other way concealed from the general public. We now have OTT platforms to keep us informed and entertained, from road shows to movies, feature films, TV slots, tapes, and DVDs. The streaming stage, regularly alluded to as Over The Top Platform (“OTT stages”), has been under the legislative focal point for some time now. The public authority is vocal about their goal to control this industry which as of not long ago had been working openly without numerous legal regulations overseeing these. The Censorship of OTT Platforms is something which is being talked about since quite a while now. Censorship helps with the avoidance of against social, antagonistic, and express content which is shown to the general population, in this manner saving cultural harmony. It additionally safeguards individuals’ sentiments by disallowing data that is hostile to specific societies or clans. There are differentiating views with regards to the Censorship of OTT Platforms as at one side, government leans toward the oversight of OTTPlatforms in Indiawhereas at other point, Judiciary of the country oddballs PIL and petitions requesting Censorship of OTT Platforms in India. This paper is consequently pointed towards examining if control & censorship ofOTT stages in India is the need of hour.