Problems No longer Round Use Of Social Media However Over Abuse, Misuse: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The minister stated the federal government isn’t in opposition to grievance. (Record)
New Delhi:
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday stated that the federal government has no factor round the usage of social media however over abuse and misuse of the platforms.
The minister stated that the federal government is the voice of those that are victimised on social media and desires platforms to arrange criticism redressal mechanisms within the nation.
“You will have to have criticism redressal mechanisms in order that if anybody has a criticism then that criticism may also be registered there. The problem isn’t the usage of social media. The problem is abuse and misuse of social media,” Mr Prasad stated at India Financial Conclave.
The minister stated the federal government isn’t in opposition to grievance.
“The top minister has been the most important sufferer of the falsehood marketing campaign for greater than 20 years in line with utter lies… We welcome dissent. We welcome grievance and that grievance can prolong to the High Minister, to the entire ministers and to the entire govt,” Mr Prasad stated.
The minister was once responding to questions round social media laws and up to date govt orders.
The federal government in February introduced sweeping laws for social media companies like Fb and Twitter in addition to OTT gamers equivalent to Netflix, requiring them to take away any content material flagged by way of government inside of 36 hours and putting in place a criticism redressal mechanism with an officer being primarily based within the nation.
The ideas additionally make it obligatory for platforms equivalent to Twitter and WhatsApp to spot the originator of a message that government imagine to be anti-national and in opposition to safety and sovereignty of the rustic.
The foundations about virtual media and OTT focal point extra on in-house and self-regulation mechanisms wherein a powerful criticism redressal mechanism has been supplied whilst upholding journalistic and inventive freedom.
That is the primary time such laws had been framed for virtual and on-line media running inside the nation’s jurisdiction.
The minister stated that the foundations had been framed after one and part years of public session.
He stated that govt desires to find out about rogue components on social media platforms.
“Let me ask you a query. Is it now not a incontrovertible fact that at the identical factor at the identical day in the similar space round the similar time lakhs of messages are circulated, transform viral. We’re asking who did this mischief. Who began the mischief?
“That is all.We don’t seem to be going to peer the content material. The content material is already within the public area. We need to see who in India began this mischief. If any person has despatched from in a foreign country, then who began it in India,” Mr Prasad stated.
