The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recognized 73 Twitter handles, 4 YouTube channels and one recreation on Instagram for faux and inciting content material, and requested the respective social media intermediaries to droop them, a senior authorities official stated. As per directions, these accounts have been suspended.
These handles had been recognized after Twitter customers tagged Ministry of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar, asking him to look into their content material.
One such Twitter deal with, sources stated, was a faux video of a Cabinet briefing, through which audio from one other supply was overlapped on the video, the official stated. Apart from these, an animated video displaying violence in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and different derogatory pages and posts concentrating on Hindu girls have been additionally taken down.
Earlier within the day, Chandrasekhar, after being made conscious of 1 such submit, tweeted, “Taskforce on Safe & Trusted Internet at @GoI_MeitY at work. Handles that tried to push fake/inciting content on twitter, youtube, fb, insta have been blocked.”
The homeowners of those accounts have been being recognized for acceptable motion underneath related sections of the legislation, and the platforms would even be held accountable for his or her due diligence, he stated.
Earlier final week, the MeitY requested the Indian Computer Emergency Response System (CERT-In), the nodal company for monitoring cyber safety incidents and associated threats, to kind a “a high-level committee” to research complaints {that a} web site had hosted doctored, “lewd” photos and objectionable feedback “aimed at insulting Muslim women”.
Following directions of IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and different ministries, the Delhi Police has over the past week arrested 4 individuals, together with a 21-year outdated who they declare to be the “mastermind” behind the creation of the web site objectionable photos of ladies have been uploaded.
Doctored images of at the least 100 Muslim girls, together with lewd remarks and feedback, have been posted on-line this week. GitHub subsequently eliminated the content material, however many Twitter customers tagged the ladies and posted screenshots of the webpage.
