Lucknow, March 3 -- Regulating OTT (over -the- top) platforms is need of the hour to check cultural degradation and propagation of vulgar content that have led to increasing incidents of rape in the country, said experts at the Vichar Mahakumbh Shri Ram Parishad organised by Shri Guru Vashisht Trust here on Sunday.

Expressing his views at the session on 'OTT: Cultural Pollution', former information commissioner of India Uday Mahurkar said: " OTT was introduced in 2018 and everyone knows what content is being served by them."

Mahurkar is also president of the Save Culture Save Bharat Foundation, an NGO working against OTT platforms producing cheap and vulgar content.

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