The government is working on new guidelines for films and web series shown on OTT platforms. They will require the platforms to “beep out profanities and blur explicit scenes”, sources said.
The proposed guidelines will likely ask for alternative ways of depicting scenes, intimate relationships and changing clothes, besides insisting on toning down of profanity-laden language in case it is seen as integral to the script.
In March this year, the I & B ministry took action against 18 OTT platforms for streaming obscene and vulgar content, by blocking access to their websites, apps and social media accounts.