New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- In the backdrop of "India's Got Latent" controversy, the Government has issued an advisory on adherence of Indian Laws and Code of Ethics prescribed under the IT Rules and has asked the Online OTT platforms not to transmit any content which is prohibited by law.

The Advisory has been issued by the Ministry f Information and Broadcasting (I&B) which says this Ministry has received references from Hon'ble Members of Parliament, representations from statutory organizations 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.

The Indias Got Latent show controversy started last week amidst the ...