Mumbai, 6/4: After some English and Hindi newspapers published advertisements of betting websites against advisories, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday issued a fresh warning to media entities and online advertisement intermediaries not to publish such content.
The fresh advisory invited the attention to two previous advisories in June and October last year, strongly advising media to refrain from transmitting such content, including their depiction as news websites or such other activities in a surrogate manner.
The Ministry has also objected to the promotion by a specific betting platform encouraging the audience to watch a sports league on its website, which prima facie appears to be in violation of the Copyright Act, 1957