The Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology, Government of India, has ordered Facebook and Tick Talk to remove users from its platform who are currently spreading misinformation related to Corona virus. At the same time, the government believes that accurate information about the virus is not reaching the people. At the same time fake reports are weakening the campaign against the corona virus. Apart from this, social media companies have also been asked to keep the details of users spreading false information.
Social media companies will have to share the details of the users
According to the government, if needed, social media companies will have to share details of the users with the police and investigative agencies, so that those who spread fake news can be curbed. With this step of the government, people can get accurate information about the virus.
Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology gave statement
The Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology has said that audio and video messages containing false information are being put on social media platforms, which are misleading people. The ministry has asked companies like Facebook and Tick Talk to remove the wrong messages and videos, which could further strengthen the ongoing campaign against Corona. On the other hand, IAMAI has said that the government may have to give legal orders to remove videos and messages.
WhatsApp banned message forwarding
WhatsApp has taken a big decision regarding the rumor being spread on social media about Corona virus. WhatsApp has limited message forwarding. WhatsApp users will now be able to forward a message to only one user at a time. Earlier there was a facility to forward five messages to one person at a time, currently this feature will be active only after one update. In fact, all kinds of fake news are being shared on the social media about the Corona virus, which is a challenge for companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook. Keeping this in mind, Facebook-owned company WhatsApp has set a new limit for message forwarding, according to which you can forward a message to only one person at a time. Earlier, Facebook has also taken such a decision to curb fake news on its platform. At the same time, Google is also flagging fake news. Apart from this, micro-blogging site Twitter is also filtering to prevent fake news.
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