Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh authorities has now ready to take strict motion concerning social media. There’s a provision of motion towards posting baseless, objectionable and anti-national posts on digital media platforms. Uttar Pradesh Digital Media Coverage-2024 has been authorised within the cupboard assembly held on Tuesday underneath the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Whereas it gives for commercials and different amenities to the companies and corporations engaged on social media, provisions have additionally been made for authorized motion for posting indecent or anti-national posts. It gives for punishment as much as life.

This coverage has been delivered to convey the data and advantages of the general public welfare, useful schemes and achievements of the state authorities to the individuals by means of digital and social media. Underneath which, the companies and corporations associated to them will probably be inspired by giving commercials to show content material, movies, tweets, posts and reels primarily based on the schemes and achievements of the state authorities on X, Fb, Instagram and YouTube.

This can present employment to numerous individuals. For enlistment underneath this coverage, every of X, Fb, Instagram and YouTube has been divided into 4 classes primarily based on subscribers and followers.

The category-wise most restrict for cost to account holders, operators, influencers of X, Fb and Instagram has been fastened at Rs 5 lakh, Rs 4 lakh, Rs 3 lakh and Rs 3 lakh per thirty days respectively. The category-wise most restrict for cost for movies, shorts, podcasts on YouTube has been fastened at Rs 8 lakh, Rs 7 lakh, Rs 6 lakh and Rs 4 lakh per thirty days respectively.