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New Delhi, June 13 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued an advisory to print, electronic and digital media to refrain from advertising online betting platforms.The advisory comes in light of instances of a number of advertisements of online betting websites and platforms appearing in print, electronic, social and online media."Betting and gambling, illegal in most parts of the country, pose significant financial and socio-economic risk for the consumers, especially youth and children," the advisory said.The advisory noted that these advertisements on online betting have the effect of promoting this largely prohibited activity."The advertisements 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 under the Press Council Act, 1978," it said.The advisory has been issued in larger public interest, and it has advised the print and electronic media to refrain from publishing advertisements of online betting platforms. It has also advised the online and social media, including the online advertisement intermediaries and publishers, to not display such advertisements in India or target such advertisements towards the Indian audience.On December 4, 2020, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had issued an advisory to private satellite TV channels to adhere to the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) guidelines on advertisements of online gaming which contained specific 'Do's and Dont's' for print and audio-visual advertisements of online gaming.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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