Will study want for legislation to manage on-line media channels: Kerala CM
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday mentioned the federal government will study the necessity for popping out with a legislation for regulating YouTube-hosted information channels.
The Chief Minister’s assertion within the state meeting assumes significance at a time when the police has taken motion towards some Malayalam on-line information channels.
Left MLA P V Sreenijin had lodged a grievance with the police alleging that a web based media channel intentionally defamed him by spreading faux information.
On Thursday, Left MLA P V Anvar submitted within the House that information channels operating on YouTube had been unregulated underneath the current legal guidelines and plenty of of them allegedly unfold false or defamatory information.
Acknowledging that it was a critical problem, the Chief Minister mentioned the Information Technology Rules of 2021 prohibit dissemination of any data on on-line media channels, together with YouTube, that’s defamatory or impacts sovereignty of the nation or pleasant relations with one other nation, legislation and order, and so on.
For blocking such content material, the central authorities has appointed a chosen officer underneath the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009, the CM mentioned.
He additional mentioned that the state IT division secretary has been appointed because the nodal officer to look at the complaints concerning false or defamatory content material on on-line media channels and suggest to the designated officer to dam them.
The nodal officer could make such suggestions based mostly on courtroom orders additionally, he added.
“In addition to that, as suggested by the member of the House, framing a law to regulate such channels can also be examined,” Vijayan mentioned.
Sreenijin, in his grievance, had additionally alleged that the web media channel had even made insinuations towards his father-in-law, a former Chief Justice of India.
The actions towards the web media channels kicked off a political storm within the state with each the Congress-led opposition UDF and the BJP severely criticising the ruling CPI(M) within the state over it and accused it of “hunting” media personnel.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday mentioned the federal government will study the necessity for popping out with a legislation for regulating YouTube-hosted information channels.
The Chief Minister’s assertion within the state meeting assumes significance at a time when the police has taken motion towards some Malayalam on-line information channels.
Left MLA P V Sreenijin had lodged a grievance with the police alleging that a web based media channel intentionally defamed him by spreading faux information.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
On Thursday, Left MLA P V Anvar submitted within the House that information channels operating on YouTube had been unregulated underneath the current legal guidelines and plenty of of them allegedly unfold false or defamatory information.
Acknowledging that it was a critical problem, the Chief Minister mentioned the Information Technology Rules of 2021 prohibit dissemination of any data on on-line media channels, together with YouTube, that’s defamatory or impacts sovereignty of the nation or pleasant relations with one other nation, legislation and order, and so on.
For blocking such content material, the central authorities has appointed a chosen officer underneath the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009, the CM mentioned.
He additional mentioned that the state IT division secretary has been appointed because the nodal officer to look at the complaints concerning false or defamatory content material on on-line media channels and suggest to the designated officer to dam them.
The nodal officer could make such suggestions based mostly on courtroom orders additionally, he added.
“In addition to that, as suggested by the member of the House, framing a law to regulate such channels can also be examined,” Vijayan mentioned.
Sreenijin, in his grievance, had additionally alleged that the web media channel had even made insinuations towards his father-in-law, a former Chief Justice of India.
The actions towards the web media channels kicked off a political storm within the state with each the Congress-led opposition UDF and the BJP severely criticising the ruling CPI(M) within the state over it and accused it of “hunting” media personnel.
