The Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into uncharted territory, asking the Centre to frame guidelines to regulate social media and put in place a mechanism to track origin of fake news, rumours and objectionable material like pornography on social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and You-Tube.
Pointing to social media being rampantly misused for fake news and rumours leading to mob violence and law & order problems, a bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and
The Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into uncharted territory, asking the Centre to frame guidelines to regulate social media and put in place a mechanism to track origin of fake news, rumours and objectionable material like pornography on social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and You-Tube.
Pointing to social media being rampantly misused for fake news and rumours leading to mob violence and law & order problems, a bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and