Government told Whatsapp to find ways to stop fake news and porn content
Tuesday - August 21, 2018 5:45 pm ,
Category : WTN SPECIAL
Minister of Information and Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad met Chris Daniels, CEO of Whatsapp on Tuesday. Prasad asked the CEO to explore technical measures to prevent obscene messages to stop Mob Lynching, Fake News and Revenge matter. The minister said that WhatsApp will have to follow Indian law. If it does not do so, Whatsapp can be fined.
Requested CEO #Whatsapp, Chris Daniels to set up a grievance officer in India; establish a corporate entity in India & comply with Indian laws to curb #fakenews circulation: Union Minister @rsprasad pic.twitter.com/G4HKZS2z4S
— PIB India (@PIB_India) August 21, 2018
Prasad said that this company, owned by Facebook has been asked to make corporate office in India and to appoint a Complaint Officer. We do not want the answer to any question from the US. He said that WhatsApp has been asked to create a system of sharing information about messy and terror prone messages. He also needs to find out where these messages are being released. Whatsapp will have to keep Indian data in India too.
Prasad also appreciated the work of Whatsapp and said, "Our meeting with CEO was very good and I appreciated the work done BY Whatsapp for the relief, education and health care in Kerala." Last month, Whatsapp COO Matthew Edema met with Secretary of Information and Technology and other government officials in connection with Fake News.
