Centre warns against propagating hate, spreading fake news on social media – Times Now

Union minister Rajiv Chandra Shekhar

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While speaking to media, Union Minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar said, "Any account on Twitter or any other social media platform, which spreads fake news, propagates hate and violates the law, won't be allowed to function in the country."

"There are 80 crore users connected to the Internet in the country, and we want it to grow to 120 crore. We want our Internet to be trusted. So if any handle is telling lies, or putting unlawful content, then we will definitely try to block it. We believe that the Internet should be used for people's welfare and not for misguiding them," he added.

Earlier today, a Twitter account of the Pakistani government was withheld in India. It was reportedly the second such incident in recent months.

This account was withheld earlier in July as well but had been reactivated and was visible. Today, again the account displayed the message of being withheld in India.

So far, the central government has blocked over 100 YouTube channels, 4 Facebook pages, 5 Twitter accounts and 3 Instagram accounts for spreading hate content against India.

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