India Proposes Bill to Regulate Social Media Influencers as Digital News Broadcasters

- The draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2024, proposes to regulate influencers and content creators, classifying them as digital news broadcasters. - Influencers like Dhruv Rathee and BeerBiceps Ranveer Allahbadia could fall under government oversight, raising concerns about censorship and freedom of speech. - The bill mandates that influencers inform the government about their operations and establish grievance redressal systems. - Influencers will need to self-certify their content before publishing and be part of a self-regulatory body to address grievances. - Social media platforms may be required to provide information about content creators to the government, with penalties for non-compliance. Source: https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/why-indias-new-broadcast-bill-could-deal-a-blow-for-dhruv-rathee-and-beerbiceps-ranveer-allahbadia-article-12787117.html

https://innovateindia.mygov.in/national-creators-award-2024/ "What's next? “Influencers”, podcast hosts, and other social media personalities becoming MPs, MLAs, or even ministers?"

John Oliver's latest episode on Modi has been banned in India and is not available on YouTube or JioCinema. This isn't the first time content has been restricted in India; numerous videos, documentaries, and articles have faced similar fates. With Indian media completely compromised and foreign media facing bans, it raises important questions about press freedom and censorship. Is this okay? PS: You can watch the video here before it is removed from Twitter, too. Should this really be banned? https://x.com/Azycontroll_/status/1797637824096936398?t=NRo8ZCbjR1ti23PwKVz8ug&s=19

Your thoughts on the bill? Pros and cons? Is your company addressing the changes required? (200Cr penalties and what not) Disallowing RTI requests in the name of privacy is questionable to me, also has scope for surveillance directly or indirectly.

Few weeks watched a reel from a famous influencer about this app where he shared the benefits one can gain from it and i did download the app and tried to open it and yet the app didn’t open even after my multiple tries so I uninstalled the app. Today, i did try to install it once again as i had to do my mobile phone recharge. I added the money to the wallet (3k) and then went on to do the recharge. My recharge wasn’t successful and yet the money got deducted from the wallet. I have lost my 3k. I did complain about it and still there is no response from their end. I even tried to call the helpline number and yet no response. Can anyone help me what to do now in such cases? Can i get my hard earned money back? Please share your knowledge and help me with it. I have lately realised that many people have fallen for this scam and have lost their money. I don’t know how come PlayStore still allow such apps to run such scams.

Ministry of I&B blocks 18 OTT platforms for obscene and vulgar content after multiple warnings; 19 websites, 10 apps, 57 social media handles of OTT platforms blocked nationwide, says the government.

They are illegally registered in Singapore and keep moving headquarters to hide from rules of the land, a friend in marketing told me. Media businesses are supposed to be registered ij the country. Why is no one pulling them up? I think Gaurav Munjal should sue them and shut them once and for all. There is no accountability in media left man. Ps- I’m not a fan of the company’s business model but I do respect founders.