You cannot say that my entire stance will be governed by a unilateral assessment of US law. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that a solution has to be found for a happy mix of the role of big technology and democracy.
Calling for accountability of big social media companies, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said Twitter invoked a US Copyright Act to block his account, but it should also take cognizance of the law in India where it operates. living and earning money.
Speaking at the India Global Forum, the minister said Twitter last week blocked his account for an hour under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act on a complaint made four years ago.
“If you’re going to enforce America’s Digital Copyright Act you also need to be aware of India’s copyright rules. That’s it.
“You can’t say that my entire stance will be governed by a one-sided assessment of US law. A solution has to be found for the happy mix of the role of big technology and democracy,” Prasad said.
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He said that social media companies are free to do business in India but they have to be accountable to the Indian Constitution and laws.
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Micro-blogging platform Twitter has been at loggerheads with the government on various issues, including during farmers’ protests in January and later when it tagged political posts of several leaders of the ruling party BJP as “manipulated media”. He reprimanded her severely. Center.
Twitter still hasn’t complied with the new IT rules for social media companies.
The rules oblige social media companies to set up a grievance redressal mechanism to address complaints from users or victims.
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All the important social media companies with more than 50 lakh user base will have to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, a Nodal Liaison Person and a Grievance Officer. All of them must be resident in India.
Prasad further said that the issue of social media in India is related to the abuse of rights of the victims on those platforms and the accountability of the companies.
“If democracy is to avoid misinformation, fake news, collusive content… these are all challenges. I am not in favor of censoring, but democracies have to find a common ground as far as these issues are concerned So that these big tech companies can do that. Their business, make good money, make good profit but be accountable. This can happen only if you follow the law of the land,” Prasad said.
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