Action will be taken if Twitter, FB platforms are misused: Govt
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Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 11 : The Centre on Thursday categorically cautioned social media platforms against spreading fake news or anything inciting violence, as Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said action will be taken if Indian laws were flouted. There is freedom of speech but Article 19A says that this is subject to reasonable restrictions, the Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology told in the Rajya Sabha as he reminded platforms like Twitter and Facebook to comply with Indian rules while carrying out business.
Respect Indian laws if you want to do business: Govt tells Twitter, FB
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Women spending 1/6th of their day on social media: Survey.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 11 : The Centre on Thursday categorically said in the Rajya Sabha that action will be taken against Social Media platforms if fake news and violence is spread through it. There is freedom of speech but Article 19A says that this is subject to reasonable restrictions, said Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. We respect social media a lot, it has empowered common people. Social media has a big role in the Digital India programme. However, if social media are misused to spread fake news and violence, then action will be taken on the misuse of social media in India whether Twitter or else, said Prasad.
Farmer Tweets: In Meeting With Top Twitter Officials, IT Secretary Expressed âDeep DisappointmentâÂ
The government s press release notes that Twitter requested for better engagement , but is silent about whether the Centre plans on taking action against the social media company for its non-compliance .
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New Delhi: The Narendra Modi governmentâs standoff with Twitter over the fate of several prominent accounts and tweets continued on Wednesday, with senior officials of Indiaâs IT ministry having a virtual meeting with top Twitter executives.
The meeting comes nearly two weeks after the Centre threatened the companyâs officials with jail time for not taking down specific tweets and handles that were connected to the recent farmer protests, and less than a day after the social media firm responded that it would not block the accounts of journalists, activists and politicians even if they were part of a legal censorship ord
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Parliamentary panel grills Twitter for blocking Amit Shah account in Nov
The Indian government on Wednesday expressed displeasure over Twitter s delayed compliance on its order to remove provocative tweets amid the ongoing farmers protests.
IT Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney expressed Centre s displeasure to Twitter s management.
An official statement issued on late Wednesday night said the Secretary told Monique Meche, Vice President, Global Public Policy and Jim Baker, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President Legal of Twitter that delayed compliance to lawfully passed orders are meaningless . Lawfully passed orders are binding on any business entity. They must be obeyed immediately. If they are executed days later, it becomes meaningless, Sawhney was quoted as saying in the statement.