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Anurag Thakur vows to take strong action to check vulgarity in OTTs

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New Delhi: Anurag Thakur, minister of information and broadcasting, took a tough stance on complaints about content on OTT platforms on Sunday, saying that profanity and abusive language were not acceptable in the name of creativity.

Speaking at a press conference here, Thakur stated that the government had taken complaints of profanity and abusive language in the content on OTT platforms seriously and would not think twice about taking tough action to stop this trend.

"These platforms were given freedom for creativity and not for obscenity and when one crosses the limit, then hurling abuses in the name of creativity cannot be accepted at all," Thakur said

"If there is a need to change the rules, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will not hesitate. It will take tough action to stop vulgarity and abusive language," the minister said.

In January, Thakur had batted for creative autonomy and said adequate safeguards were in place to monitor content on OTT platforms.

"Creativity should not be reined in, it should have autonomy. But it should not be too much that anything can be shown. We have kept adequate provisions and till date they are working fine," Thakur had said on January 15 while participating in the 75th-anniversary celebrations of 'Panchajanya' weekly, the RSS mouthpiece.

On Sunday, Thakur said there was a three-stage mechanism to deal with content on OTT platforms. "As per the current procedure, producers have to address complaints about the content first and then they go to their association. When a complaint reaches the government (I&B department), strict action is taken as per rules," he said


With PTI inputs

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