{"id":12543,"date":"2023-06-27T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T02:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12543"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:23:40","slug":"digital-publisher-content-grievances-council-dpcgc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/digital-publisher-content-grievances-council-dpcgc\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council (DPCGC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council (DPCGC):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>independent self-regulatory body for Online Curated Content (OCC) providers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>set up under the aegis of Internet and Mobile Association of India<\/strong> (IAMAI).<\/li>\n<li>DPCGC has been <strong>recognised and registered by the Ministry of Information<\/strong> &amp; Broadcasting <strong>as Level II Self-Regulatory Body for publishers of OCC providers<\/strong>, under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.<\/li>\n<li>The DPCGC <strong>has an Online Curated Content Publishers (OCCP) Council <\/strong>composed of publishers of OCC as members <strong>and an independent Grievance Redressal Board [GRB]<\/strong> <strong>consisting of a chairperson and six members.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>GRB will be chaired by a retired Supreme Court\/High Cour Court judge<\/strong>, and the <strong>members will comprise eminent persons from the media<\/strong> and entertainment industry and experts from various fields, including child rights, minority rights, and media law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Functions of GRB:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It will <strong>oversee and ensure the alignment and adherence to the Code of Ethics by the OCCP Council members.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Provide<\/strong> <strong>guidance to entities <\/strong>on the Code of Ethics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Address grievances that have not been resolved <\/strong>by the publisher within 15 days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hear grievances\/appeals<\/strong> filed by complainants.<\/li>\n<li>DPCGC, through the GRB aims to usher in a redressal mechanism which will <strong>ensure a balance between addressing viewer complaints and showcasing content in free-speech environment<\/strong> without ad-hoc interventions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>What are Online Curated Content (OCC) Platforms?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>OCC Platforms are <strong>companies that carry on the business<\/strong> which curates and <strong>presents a wide variety of content by means of online video-on-demand platforms<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hotstar, Zee5, etc, are examples<\/strong> of OOC Platforms operating in India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These platforms <strong>operate on the basis of a \u201cpull model<\/strong>\u201d, whereby customers have the choice of viewing content as per their own convenience.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1)\u00a0What are Online Curated Content (OCC) Platforms?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>OCC Platforms are companies that carry on the business which curates and presents a wide variety of content by means of online video-on-demand platforms. \u00a0Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hotstar, Zee5, etc, are examples of OOC Platforms operating in India.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/regulatory-body-tells-ott-platform-to-take-down-content-8687649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Regulatory body tells OTT platform to take down content<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DPCGC is an independent self-regulatory body for Online Curated Content (OCC) 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