A+| A| A-
Regulation of Online News
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is concerned about the order issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on 4 April 2018, directing that a committee be constituted for framing regulations for online media/news portals and online content.
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is concerned about the order issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on 4 April 2018, directing that a committee be constituted for framing regulations for online media/news portals and online content.
The committee’s mandate to “delineate the sphere of online information dissemination which needs to be brought under regulation, on the lines applicable to print and electronic media” is deeply problematic, given that successive governments have not had either the inclination or capacity to regulate cross-media ownership or the entrenchment of political and corporate interests. The consolidation of media ownership in the hands of a few powerful media corporations has limited the power and media access of smaller publications and channels that have an alternate point of view.
Dear Reader,
Or
To gain instant access to this article (download).
(Readers in India)
(Readers outside India)
