The Indian government has been attacking filmmakers’ freedoms for years. Now it is taking censorship to streaming platforms.
. In addition to social media platforms, the Intermediary Guidelines extend to digital news publications as well as streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime, among others. DigiPub News India Foundation, a body of digital media organizations that works to ensure a “robust news ecosystem,”the rules “a strike … on democracy.
and several tribunals had been abolished. Established in 1983 as a last resort for filmmakers to appeal against any grievances they might have against CBFC, the FCAT will have its now instead directed to a high court or the Supreme Court. Vats says the Cinematograph Bill, 2021, might be the death knell for artistic freedom in India: “How do businesses work? When one isn’t sure about anything, they’d rather not do it, right? So, the self-censorship will begin, and you’ll see a spurt of patriotic films, mindless comedies. Any random body could raise an objection tomorrow. Any local bureaucrat could have an issue with a film—the traffic police could say our profession hasn’t been depicted properly.
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