We lives in INDIA...d DEMOCRATIC..INCREDIBLE INDIA. The act to do things freely is 1 of the fundamental joys of being part of a liberal democracy.With powerful technological platform and social networking sites such as FACEBOOK,even repressed societies get to savour unfettered expression.But ofcourse like a coin has 2 sides,there is also a flip side to such freedom. And this involves the need to respect the right of others not to be targets of hatred.
Minister of Communication n Information Technology 'Mr. KAPIL SIBAL' , appealed to internet giants Facebook,Google,Yahoo n Microsoft on Tuesday to regulate the content posted on websites. In the wake of certain derogatory defamatory and inflammatory content posted against religious figures and Indian leaders.
Individual cases of defamation or causing offence should indeed be dealt with by the courts of law,the same way that emotions spilling over on to the streets need to be contained by law and order forces.But there are cases - involving communal and inflammatory content that certainly have to be nipped in the bud. Posting a sentinel to check the enormous amount of user generated content emanating from a country the size of India,however is unfeasible. And taking on large parts of the internet its social networking sites or its search and query platforms serves little purpose.A networking site like Facebook has often been disparaged for its epic indifference to privacy. The need to curb inflammatory material is intrinsic to the need to speak freely. A representation online or otherwise that is crass and in poor taste deserve to be ignored or criticised. But there are cases when preemption that is before it comes, in the phraseology of the internet viral is required. The platform can come as a scanner themselves ,that would be take away the need for a government to be concerned. Banning something isn't finding its remedy.And the best advertisement for free speech is when offensive,incendiary outpouring are plucked out of the vocabulary as simple as that.. :)
Minister of Communication n Information Technology 'Mr. KAPIL SIBAL' , appealed to internet giants Facebook,Google,Yahoo n Microsoft on Tuesday to regulate the content posted on websites. In the wake of certain derogatory defamatory and inflammatory content posted against religious figures and Indian leaders.
Individual cases of defamation or causing offence should indeed be dealt with by the courts of law,the same way that emotions spilling over on to the streets need to be contained by law and order forces.But there are cases - involving communal and inflammatory content that certainly have to be nipped in the bud. Posting a sentinel to check the enormous amount of user generated content emanating from a country the size of India,however is unfeasible. And taking on large parts of the internet its social networking sites or its search and query platforms serves little purpose.A networking site like Facebook has often been disparaged for its epic indifference to privacy. The need to curb inflammatory material is intrinsic to the need to speak freely. A representation online or otherwise that is crass and in poor taste deserve to be ignored or criticised. But there are cases when preemption that is before it comes, in the phraseology of the internet viral is required. The platform can come as a scanner themselves ,that would be take away the need for a government to be concerned. Banning something isn't finding its remedy.And the best advertisement for free speech is when offensive,incendiary outpouring are plucked out of the vocabulary as simple as that.. :)
