Action will probably be taken if social media used to unfold faux information, violence: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Image Source : ANI Action will probably be taken if social media used to unfold faux information, violence: Ravi Shankar Prasad 
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday stated that the federal government respects social media for empowering widespread folks however motion will probably be taken whether it is misused to unfold faux information and violence.

“We respect social media a lot, it has empowered common people. Social media has a big role in the Digital India program. However, if social media is misused to spread fake news, violence then action will be taken,” stated Prasad whereas addressing the Rajya Sabha.

In response to the ”authorized requests” from the Central authorities, Twitter on Wednesday knowledgeable that it has taken a number of enforcement actions – together with everlasting suspension of over 500 accounts for clear violations of Twitter’s guidelines.

However, the Central authorities has additionally conveyed to Twitter officers that the style through which the social media large formally permits faux, unverified, and automatic bot accounts to be operated on its platform, raises doubts about its dedication to transparency and wholesome dialog on the platform.

A gathering between the Secretary of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Twitter officers befell in view of the order issued by the Centre directing Twitter to take away tweets and accounts utilizing hashtag associated to “farmer genocide” and accounts supported by Khalistan sympathisers and backed by Pakistan and weblog publish issued by Twitter.

This got here after a number of the protesting farmers didn’t observe the prearranged route on Republic Day for his or her tractor rally and broke barricades to enter Delhi. They additionally clashed with police and vandalised property in a number of components of the nationwide capital.

Farmers have been protesting on the completely different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 final yr in opposition to the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. 

(With ANI inputs)

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