After resisting for several days,
global social networks fell in line. If Twitter wrote a letter to the Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh’s office saying it has removed over half-a-dozen
accounts that "misrepresent" the Prime Minister's Office, World's largest social networking website Facebook agreed to remove content, block pages or
even disable accounts of those users who upload contents inciting violence or
perpetuate hate speech.
A top official in the PMO Pankaj Pachauri told me today that these companies have agreed to cooperate. “we didn’t want them to remove parody against anybody. We wanted only certain account which misrepresent that they are the real PMO websites,” he said.
A top official in the PMO Pankaj Pachauri told me today that these companies have agreed to cooperate. “we didn’t want them to remove parody against anybody. We wanted only certain account which misrepresent that they are the real PMO websites,” he said.
Sachin Pilot, Minister for the
Information Technology also said separately that these global social networking
websites have started falling in line. If earlier they were cooperating 10%,
today they are cooperating 60%.”
Even Youtube has agreed to put
faster action in removing and identifying the content that violate spirit and sensitivities.
"Facebook will remove content
which breaches our terms as set out in our Statement of Rights and
Responsibilities. Content or individuals can be removed from Facebook for a
variety of reasons including issuing direct calls for violence or perpetuating
hate speech," a Facebook spokesperson said.
Sources said PMO wrote to Twitter
about the "fake accounts" in June. But Twitter did not respond to
India's concerns. In July, the government started looking for some other ways
to cut off access to the offending PMO accounts. But after Assam incidents,
Twitter fell in line.
However, USA urged India to maintain respect for fundamental freedoms, while probing rumours that have caused an exodus of northeastern Indians from southern cities.
