Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told
5 years, 4 months ago

Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told

Live Mint  

Social media profiles of users need to be linked with Aadhaar numbers to check circulation of fake, defamatory and pornographic content as also anti-national and terror material, the Supreme Court was told on Monday. Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the state government, said: "The linking of social media profiles of the users with the Aadhaar was needed to check fake news, defamatory articles, pornographic materials, anti-national and terror contents in the online media." The top law officer, opposed a plea of Facebook seeking transfer of cases pending before the high courts of Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh to the apex court seeking linking of social media profiles of users with Aadhaar number. Gupta said that Delhi High Court has passed several directions related to the issue and he can apprise the court in the matter, which relates to verification of social media users.

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Is Aadhaar for greater social good?
2 years ago

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?

The Hindu  

The passage of time does not seem to have removed the concern of people about the safety of Aadhaar data. It was more than six-seven years ago that cooking gas consumers in Tamil Nadu began seeding their Aadhaar and bank account details with their LPG consumer numbers for receiving the subsidy and the ration cardholders integrated the Aadhaar data of …

You Can’t Expect To Get Away With Whatever You Say Online: Koo App Co-founder Tells News18
2 years, 8 months ago

You Can’t Expect To Get Away With Whatever You Say Online: Koo App Co-founder Tells News18

News 18  

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo has become the first significant social media platform in India to introduce Aadhaar verification of its users. Koo is highlighting its ‘Voluntary Self Verification’ feature as a way to distinguish itself from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms by giving the option to all users to verify themselves so that they can make real conversation and …

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate
3 years ago

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared a draft legislation on electoral reforms seeking to use Aadhaar numbers for identification and verification of voters, with the central government maintaining the process would weed out duplicate and fake voter IDs. In Section 23, the amendment seeks to include new clauses authorising electoral registration officers to seek the Aadhaar numbers of people who …

Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Facebook On Plea For Action Against Impersonation And Other Privacy Concerns In The Platform
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Facebook On Plea For Action Against Impersonation And Other Privacy Concerns In The Platform

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Facebook in a plea of breach of privacy and impersonation, which takes on the social media platforms. While admitting the petition, Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notices to Facebook Inc and its Indian subsidiary within a week on rules/procedure/mechanism for redressal of the complaints, including cyber-crimes on their platform and. While admitting …

"Don't Pass The Buck, Look Into Allegations": Madras High Court To Election Commission On Plea Alleges BJP Targeting Voters Via Aadhaar Data
3 years, 9 months ago

"Don't Pass The Buck, Look Into Allegations": Madras High Court To Election Commission On Plea Alleges BJP Targeting Voters Via Aadhaar Data

Live Law  

In response to a Public Interest Litigation petition filed alleging that the Puducherry unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has misused Aadhaar details of voters for election campaigning purposes, the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to look into the allegations immediately and with the degree of seriousness that it deserves. Significantly, the plea states that the petitioner …

Centre, Twitter India get SC notice on plea seeking mechanism to regulate content spreading hate
3 years, 10 months ago

Centre, Twitter India get SC notice on plea seeking mechanism to regulate content spreading hate

Firstpost  

The plea has also sought directions to make a law as per which an action can be initiated against Twitter and their representatives in India for willfully abetting and promoting anti-India tweets and penalise them, as well as to conduct KYC for all social media handles in India New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre …

SC Seeks Centre's Response on Plea for Regulating Minors' Access to Social Media and to Verify Profiles
4 years, 2 months ago

SC Seeks Centre's Response on Plea for Regulating Minors' Access to Social Media and to Verify Profiles

News 18  

The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking directions for formulation of laws to regulate minors' access to social media, a mechanism to verify profiles and criminalise morphing and revenge porn. The plea, filed by two law students Skand Bajpai and Abhyudaya Mishra, has sought direction to the Centre to institute proper investigation and legal proceedings …

Unlock 1: TN Govt Asks Salons to Note Aadhaar Numbers of Customers
4 years, 7 months ago

Unlock 1: TN Govt Asks Salons to Note Aadhaar Numbers of Customers

The Quint  

Looking forward to visiting a salon after over two months of lockdown? Well, the Tamil Nadu government has made it mandatory for customers visiting spas, beauty parlours and salons to share their Aadhaar card numbers from Tuesday, 2 June. Customer details such as name, address, phone number and Aadhaar number should be mandatorily noted by owners of spas, beauty parlours …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Check Fake News & Instigative Content On Twitter [Read Petition]
4 years, 7 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Check Fake News & Instigative Content On Twitter [Read Petition]

Live Law  

BJP leader Vinit Goenka has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Central Government to devise a mechanism so as to keep a check on fake news and instigative messages being circulated via social media, especially Twitter. The petition filed through Advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey states that in the absence of a proper mechanism, social media platforms are …

No proposal to link social media users’ profiles with Aadhaar: Govt
4 years, 11 months ago

No proposal to link social media users’ profiles with Aadhaar: Govt

The Hindu  

The government on Wednesday said there is no proposal to link social media profiles of users with their Aadhaar numbers and asserted that steps are being taken to curb spreading of fake news and pornography through social media platforms. According to him, the government has taken several steps to keep a check on the spread of fake news, pornographic and …

Big social media firms may be asked to maintain database of active mobile number of users
4 years, 11 months ago

Big social media firms may be asked to maintain database of active mobile number of users

Live Mint  

The Information Technology ministry has proposed that significant social media companies should maintain a database of active mobile numbers of all their users for verification purpose under a revised set of rules, according to a source. According to the source, the revised rules Significant social media intermediaries should do verification and maintain a database of active mobile numbers of all …

Aadhaar linking case: HC says no to order of linking social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN
5 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar linking case: HC says no to order of linking social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN

Firstpost  

HC says it would lead to data of genuine account holders going ‘unnecessarily’ to foreign countries. The Delhi High Court Monday declined to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card for weeding out fake accounts, saying it would lead to data of genuine account holders, who are much more in number, going “unnecessarily” to …

Delhi HC declines to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN
5 years, 1 month ago

Delhi HC declines to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday declined to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card for weeding out fake accounts, saying it would lead to data of genuine account holders, who are much more in number, going "unnecessarily" to foreign countries. It said that in the instant case, linking of social media accounts …

Parliament proceedings: No Aadhaar-social media link plan
5 years, 1 month ago

Parliament proceedings: No Aadhaar-social media link plan

The Hindu  

The government has no proposal to link Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Parliament on Wednesday. “There is no such proposal with government for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals,” the Minister said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. On a question about the government …

No proposal to link social media accounts of individuals to Aadhaar: Ravi Shankar Prasad
5 years, 1 month ago

No proposal to link social media accounts of individuals to Aadhaar: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Live Mint  

The government has no proposal for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. "There is no such proposal with the government for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals," Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. He was replying to a specific …

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar
5 years, 2 months ago

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court, seeking linkage of Social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter, with Aadhaar Cards. Accordingly, Upadhyay has approached the high court, seeking the above said relief, so as to weed out all fake social media accounts, frequently used by political parties and contesting candidates for self-promotion and other "electioneering activities", …

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY
5 years, 2 months ago

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY

Firstpost  

The internet has emerged as a potent tool to cause “unimaginable disruption” to democratic polity, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday while seeking three more months for finalising and notifying the rules that would regulate the functioning of social media intermediaries in the country. ‘Disruption to democratic polity’ The affidavit filed by Pankaj Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, said, …

Fact Check: Truth behind lawyer Rajeev Dhavan's number shared on social media
5 years, 2 months ago

Fact Check: Truth behind lawyer Rajeev Dhavan's number shared on social media

India Today  

Since lawyer Rajeev Dhavan appeared in the headlines for tearing the Ayodhya map in Supreme Court, it has created a buzz on social media as well. Facebook user -- Rakeshranjeet Singh -- wrote a sarcastic post in Hindi on October 17, which when translated, says, "Some indecent peopel are calling up Rajeev Dhavan on this number 9910430414 and abusing him. …

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts
5 years, 2 months ago

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the Centre to take steps for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar to check the menace of “fake and paid news“. The apex court is already hearing a separate petition filed by Facebook Inc seeking transfer of cases related to Aadhaar linking with social media accounts …

MP Mahua Moitra Intervenes In Whatsapp Traceability Case In Madras HC
5 years, 3 months ago

MP Mahua Moitra Intervenes In Whatsapp Traceability Case In Madras HC

Live Law  

MP Mahua Moitra, who is also a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, has sought impleadment as a Respondent in the Whatsapp Traceability case being heard by the Madras High Court. During the course of hearing, the Madras High Court said that it was not considering the prayer of aadhaar-social media linkage and was instead considering the …

Plea filed in SC for linkage of social media with Aadhaar
5 years, 3 months ago

Plea filed in SC for linkage of social media with Aadhaar

India TV News  

A public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court seeking to link social media sites including Twitter and Facebook with Aadhaar to weed out duplicate and fake accounts and control fake news. The plea has been filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay who has sought direction to the Central government to take the necessary steps to deactivate duplicate, …

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]
5 years, 3 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking linkage of Social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter, with Aadhaar Cards. The plea also sought in the alternative directions to the Central Government to take apposite steps to deactivate fake and ghost social media accounts in order to control fake and paid news. Considerably, Section 126 of the …

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to state in three we-eks the time it needed to put in place rules to regulate and make accountable social media platform, so as to address state security concerns, individuals’ reputations and other misuse. Seeking a response from the information technology ministry on the time-frame for the rules that would …

'Misuse Of Social Media Has Become Dangerous' : SC Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Guidelines To Prevent Misuse [Read Order]
5 years, 3 months ago

'Misuse Of Social Media Has Become Dangerous' : SC Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Guidelines To Prevent Misuse [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to file an affidavit regarding framing of guidelines to prevent misuse of social media by balancing the interests of online privacy and state sovereignty. Concerns of national security are also to be kept in mind, added the bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.The bench was considering the petition filed …

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules
5 years, 3 months ago

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has given the Union government three weeks to submit details of its progress in coming up with regulations to prevent misuse of social media, while protecting the privacy of individuals. Supreme Court has given the Centre three weeks to file an affidavit on regulating fake news and messages on social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp …

Supreme Court seeks status of social media law
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court seeks status of social media law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to tell if the Information Technology Rules, 2018, for making social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google and Youtube — to comply with Indian laws would be in place in a ‘very near future’ or they are still in the realm of conjuncture. The draft of the said rules …

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a plea by Facebook to call forth petitions pending in various high courts concerning the linking of social media accounts of users with their Aadhaar numbers. Justice Gupta said the court wants to know whether the Centre was working on any law on linking Aadhaar or an authentic government identity proof with …

Facebook Not Complying With Indian Law, Resulting In Lawlessness: Tamil Nadu To Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook Not Complying With Indian Law, Resulting In Lawlessness: Tamil Nadu To Supreme Court

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government claimed in the Supreme Court on Thursday that Facebook Inc and other social media companies are not complying with Indian laws, resulting in "increased lawlessness" and difficulties in "detecting crimes". "While the transfer petition proceeds on the sole premise that the cases in the Madras High Court relate to mandatory linking of social media …

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched an offensive against social media giant Facebook, saying that concerns voiced by the company in the Supreme Court about citizen privacy fly in the face of its own “primary business model” to commercialise users’ data. The Tamil Nadu government, in a detailed 24-page reply drawn by Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan and settled …

Aadhaar-social media linking: 10 things to know about the ongoing issue
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar-social media linking: 10 things to know about the ongoing issue

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court earlier this week that social media profiles of users should be linked with their Aadhaar numbers to keep a check on the spread of fake news, pornographic and anti-national content, among other things. -- Attorney General KK Venugopal appeared for the Tamil Nadu government in the Supreme Court to stress the need …

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage
5 years, 4 months ago

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage

The Hindu  

The submissions in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government in support of linking social media profiles of registered users with their Aadhaar numbers are not well-founded in the law as it now stands. It is noteworthy that a Division Bench of the Madras High Court, which is hearing two writ petitions on this matter, did not …

Madras HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking linking of Aadhar with social media accounts to 19 Sept
5 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking linking of Aadhar with social media accounts to 19 Sept

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre, Google, WhatsApp, Twitter, YouTube and others on Tuesday on Facebook Inc’s plea seeking transfer of the pending cases related to linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar in different high courts to the apex court Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a plea seeking linking of …

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories
5 years, 4 months ago

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories

Firstpost  

INX Media scandal a classic case of system manipulation; ED notice brings end to P Chidambram’s methods of evading agencies P Chidambaram gave evasive replies to the probe agencies while he was under protective cover extended to him by the court. Congress in Assam: Despite a series of defeats, young bloods prepare to fight back and help party ‘rise like …

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: SC to Hear Facebook’s Plea on Friday
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: SC to Hear Facebook’s Plea on Friday

The Quint  

The two-member bench said, the policy issues can be decided by the high courts and it has jurisdiction to do so but the question is that the current issue has larger ramification. The top court asked senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Facebook Inc, and Kapil Sibal, appearing for WhatsApp, to explain what would be the effect of recent amendments …

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government
5 years, 4 months ago

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a plea by Facebook and its unit WhatsApp to transfer to the top court all petitions related to linking Aadhaar to individual profiles pending before different high courts. The apex court also issued notice to Google, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies seeking a response by 13 …

T N Government Bats For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking; SC Issues Notice In Facebook's Transfer Petition
5 years, 4 months ago

T N Government Bats For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking; SC Issues Notice In Facebook's Transfer Petition

Live Law  

Linking of social media accounts with Aaadhar will help prevent the spread of fake news, pornography, anti-national content and cyber abuse, submitted Attorney General K K Venugopal in Supreme Court on Tuesday, while appearing for Tamil Nadu Government in Facebook's transfer petition.Facebook Inc has approached the SC seeking transfer of cases filed in the High Courts of Madras, Bombay and. …

Facebook Seeks Transfer Of Cases Pending In HCs For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking To SC
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Seeks Transfer Of Cases Pending In HCs For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking To SC

Live Law  

Facebook Inc has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of cases pending in three High Courts for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar.The bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose deferred the hearing of the transfer petition till Tuesday.The petition has been filed stating that the cases pending in the High Courts of Madras, Bombay and …

Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told
5 years, 4 months ago

Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told

India Today  

Social media profiles of users need to be linked with Aadhaar numbers to check the circulation of fake, defamatory and pornographic content as also anti-national and terror material, the Supreme Court was told on Monday. Attorney General KK Venugopal, appearing for the state government, said: "The linking of social media profiles of the users with the Aadhaar was needed to …

Madras HC Allows IFF To Intervene To Oppose Plea For Linking Aadhaar With Social Media Accounts
5 years, 6 months ago

Madras HC Allows IFF To Intervene To Oppose Plea For Linking Aadhaar With Social Media Accounts

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday allowed Internet Freedom Foundation to intervene in the petitions which seek directions to link Aadhaar with social media accounts.The IFF opposes interlinking of Aadhaar and social media profiles on the ground that it will result in vesting unbridled power on social media companies over the lives of users, resulting in infringement of privacy. The …

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