Not Making Social Media Users' Verification Mandatory: Centre
NDTV
The Minister asserted that the provisions made in the new IT rules are "effectively" to deal with the issues of safety and trust online.
The government does not intend to make social media users' verification mandatory in view of the privacy issue, Minister of State for Electronic and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
To ensure that internet is open, safe, trusted and accountable to all users, the government notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules in February last year, he said during the Question Hour.
"And we will continue to expand the scope of those kinds of rule to ensure that internet is safe and trusted," he added.
He was replying to questions from members of the Congress and DMK.
