IT Ministry directs WhatsApp to stop abuse of their platform
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Tuesday took serious note of irresponsible messages and their circulation on WhatsApp and asked for immediate action to end the menace.
This came after instances of lynching of innocent people have been noticed recently because of large number of irresponsible and explosive messages filled with rumours and provocation that are being circulated on WhatsApp.
"The unfortunate killing in many states such as Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tripura and west Bengals are deeply painful and regretable," a government statement said..
While the Law and order machinery is taking steps to apprehend the culprits, the abuse of platform like WhatsApp for repeated circulation of such provocative content are equally a matter of deep concern, the government observed.
WhatsApp has been warned against the spread of such messages.
"Deep disapproval of such developments has been conveyed to the senior management of the WhatsApp and they have been advised that necessary remedial measures should be taken to prevent proliferation of these fake and at times motivated/sensational messages," a statement said.
The Government has also directed that spread of such messages should be immediately contained through the application of appropriate technology.
It has also been pointed out that such platform cannot evade accountability and responsibility specially when good technological inventions are abused by some miscreants who resort to provocative messages which lead to spread of violence.
The Government has also conveyed in no uncertain terms that WhatsApp must take immediate action to end this menace and ensure that their platform is not used for such malafide activities.
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