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THE UNION Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Monday asked print, television, digital news media, and social media platforms to refrain from running ads on online betting platforms since “betting and gambling are illegal in most parts of the country”.
“The print and electronic media is advised to refrain from publishing advertisements of online betting platforms. The online and social media, including the online advertisement intermediaries and publishers, are advised not to display such advertisements in India or target such advertisements towards the Indian audience,” the ministry said in an advisory issued on Monday.
It mentioned that ads of online betting are “misleading, and do not appear to be in strict conformity with the Consumer Protection Act 2019, Advertising Code under the Cable Television Networks Regulation Act, 1995, and advertisement norms under the Norms of Journalistic Conduct laid down by the Press Council of India.
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