Covid-19: Government to take strict action against social media users posting ill content
By MYBRANDBOOK
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked social media platforms like TikTok, Helo and Facebook to remove rogue messages spreading misinformation and weakening government's effort to fight against the coronavirus.
"MeitY has asked that a large number of fake/false and misinformation based audio and video clips are being circulated on social media platforms especially TikTok, Helo and Facebook. It said that such false and misinformation based messages have the potential for creating panic and other online harms," according to a source aware of the development.
The ministry in separate communications asked social media companies to remove the content as it weakens the government effort to fight against coronavirus and the Supreme Court has also taken serious note of such content while hearing a matter on the subject on March 31, 2020.
"The ministry has said that the rogue messages effectively weaken the all-out effort being made by the India government for containing the spread of coronavirus," the source said.
The communication from MeitY follows after a report submitted by open-source intelligence and fact-checking IT firm Voyager Infosec stated that several videos are being posted on social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Twitter to influence Muslims in India against following safe practices to contain coronavirus infection.
The firm found that videos have been shot at both foreign locations and in India and are being primarily posted on Chinese mobile video app TikTok with fake information about coronavirus and religious instigations against health advisories.
These videos are further shared on other platforms like Whatsapp, Twitter and Facebook," the report said.
The ministry has asked social media companies to ensure that the rogue messages do not go viral and at the same time also save information of all those people who create or upload such messages. The details of content uploaders can be shared with the law enforcement agencies as and when required, it added.
As per news source, TikTok spokesperson said, "We are actively working with the government to support them in their efforts to fight misinformation and proactively also working to elevate credible information related to covid-19 on our platform."
Earlier, industry body IAMAI, whose members include Google, Facebook, TikTok etc, said any request to remove content needs to come via proper legal notice.
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