Cut to avoid controversy

Updated On: 17 May, 2022 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

In compliance with I&B Ministry’s self-regulation rule, SonyLIV heads preemptively snip sensitive scenes about spiritual guru from Imtiaz’s web series Dr Arora

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The teaser of Dr Arora dropped online last month

In February 2021, the Information & Broadcasting Ministry had released a set of guidelines, titled Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, to be adhered to by Indian OTT platforms. Among its many guidelines, video-streaming platforms were instructed to practice self-regulation for their offerings. Imtiaz Ali-created Dr Arora appears to be the latest web series to feel the blow of self-censorship.

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