New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Amid Samay Raina-Ranveer Allahbadia's India's Got Latent controversy, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has urged social media channels and OTT platforms to follow the Code of Ethics prescribed under IT Rules, 2021, stressing the importance of self-regulation and access control for A-rated content to protect children from watching inappropriate content.

In a notification, the ministry said that it "received references from Hon'ble Members of Parliament, representations from statutory organisations and public grievances regarding alleged spread of obscene, pornographic and vulgar content published by certain publishers of online curated content (OTT platforms) and Social Media."

A major controversy erupted ...