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Understanding the Need for OTT Content Regulation: A Socio-Legal Perspective.

Author(s) Ms. BANANI ADHIKARI
Country India
Abstract The rise of Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms has greatly changed the media landscape, providing unmatched access to audio-visual content through digital devices. While these platforms have encouraged creative expression and made content creation more accessible, they have also given rise to complex problems, particularly regarding harmful, unregulated, and culturally insensitive content. India’s legal and policy framework has had difficulty keeping up with this digital shift, frequently depending on disjointed, reactive, or optional compliance measures. The absence of clear legal standards regarding acceptable content has led to considerable concerns about mental health for viewers, the exposure of minors to unsuitable material, and the endorsement of graphic violence, hate speech, and misinformation. This paper examines the structural and normative deficiencies in India’s existing governance of OTT content through a socio-legal lens. It explores the interplay between societal values, constitutional protections, and judicial developments within the changing digital content landscape. By examining insights from various regulatory frameworks in different jurisdictions and including perspectives from legal experts, educators, parents, and audiences, the paper emphasizes the importance of a balanced, accountable, and participatory regulatory strategy. In the end, it contends that regulating content, grounded in public interest and legal proportionality, does not infringe on creative freedom but is an essential move toward digital accountability and responsible media usage.
Keywords OTT Content, Artistic Liberty, Digital Accountability.
Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On 2025-07-06
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.49807
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9s9cd
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