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Federation For Community Of Digital News
To promote, aid, help, encourage, develop, protect and secure the interests of the Digital News Publishers in the Digital Industry and other related entities.
Digital media has grown over the past several years. Many new stakeholders such as online news portals, OTT platforms, etc. have become common on the internet. These rules provide an institutional mechanism for these entities,empower the citizens and protect the children from potentially harmful content while upholding the freedom of speech and expression of the citizens, including the press and the artists. The rules would ensure sustainable and long-term development of the media and entertainment sector in India while providing recognition and opportunities for the news media persons on the digital media.
Part II of the rules relate to intermediaries and would be administered by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Part III relates to digital news publishers and OTT platforms and would be administered by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
An online paper, news portal, news aggregator, news agency, etc. are publishers of news and current affairs content. Other entities who perform similar functions such as these are also publishers of news and current afairs content.
Public grievances shall be redressed in a time bound manner. The rules establish a three-tier structure for this purpose:-
- Level I - Self-regulation by the publishers
- Level II – Self-regulation by the self-regulating bodies of the publishers
- Level III - Oversight mechanism by the Central Government.
The Information Technology Act, 2000 is a law passed by the Parliament. The rules have been made under the Act and will be tabled in the Parliament.
The rules have become effective from 25th February, 2021.
The rules can be accessed on the website of the Ministry at https://mib.gov.in/digitalmedia/information-tecnology-intermediary-guidelines-and-digital-media-ethics-code-rules-2021
The publishers need to observe the rules with respect
to the content being disseminated irrespective of the
online means used for dissemination.
The Code of Ethics for digital news publishers stipulates that they follow existing laws; no new law or regulation has been prescribed. While some news websites may have already been following the norms for print and TV news media, the Code of Ethics only places it in perspective that digital news follow the Norms of Journalistic Conduct (applicable to print) and Programme Code under the Cable Television Networks Regulation Act (applicable to TV), thereby creating a level playing feld in the news media industry.
The self-regulating body shall perform the following functions:-
- Ensure adherence to the Code of Ethics by the publisher.
- Address grievances which have not been resolved by publishers within ffteen days; Hear appeals fled by the complainant against the decision of publishers;
- Issue such guidance or advisories to such publishers for ensuring compliance to the Code of Ethics.
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