How does India’s response to Social Media mischiefs , compare
with that of China ?
Here is how :
INDIA
Extract :
Maintaining its tough stance against multi-national
internet giants, the government on Tuesday warned
large platforms to “ behave in a responsible manner “ ,
to enable users report “ disturbing “ content promptly so that swift action can
be initiated
IT secretary , Ajay P Sawhney said that platforms
should take pro-active steps to ensure that subscribers develop
confidence in them while using their services
Sawhney said that the government takes action
against the platforms under the provisions mentioned in the IT Act after
violations are noticed
“ we have requested
various companies to make sure that flagging of concerns is possible within the
platforms ….. If something is disturbing , users should be able to flag off (
such content ) . The platform can take action “
CHINA
In a posting on a private social media account
on Tuesday, Baidu CEO Robin Li said if the two companies come head to head, “ Baidu will win again ”.
“Chinese companies today have plenty of ability and confidence” to compete globally, he added.
Apple
has removed hundreds of apps from its Chinese
app store in the past year under increasingly
strict censorship laws championed by Chinese president Xi Jinping.
Facebook,
whose social media products are banned in China, is also
making efforts to enter the restrictive market.
Google,
the world’s biggest search engine, is welcome
to return to China as long as it complies with the nation’s laws and
right to control the internet within its borders, the
People’s Daily said.
“The decision to exit the Chinese market was a
huge blunder, which made the company miss golden chances in the mainland’s
internet development,” the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party said.
“ Google
is welcome to return
to the mainland, but it’s a prerequisite that it must comply with the
requirements of the law.”
It is true that unlike China , India is a democracy
where “ freedom of speech “ is a constitutionally guaranteed right ( - even
though some do treat it as a “ license to hurt others through abusive language
“ )
May be , we are also more “ polite “ than the Chinese
when it comes to welcoming “ foreigners ( - even if “ online “ ) . Atithi
Devo Bhav ! How can we talk back to guests , who are “
Gods “ ?
May be , it takes our Parliament , months and years ,to
enact new laws or amend old ones ( since our legislators are too busy rushing
into the well of the house or visiting canteen ? )
It took ShriKrishna committee one year to submit a draft
of Data Protection Law
Now expect our Parliament ( after 2019 election ) , to
take up this for a debate for 6 / 8 months and then pass it in an “
Un-implementable “ manner !
In India , time stands still !
I urge the Policy Makers to debate my following
suggestion – and throw it out if they can come up with something better :
Social Media web sites would be “ amenable “ to my
suggestion
It seems they are under pressure from all over the
World and have, therefore , come up with :
Facebook,
Google, Microsoft and Twitter Launch Data Transfer Project
It comes in the
wake of GDPR, which has a requirement for such portability. The European
legislation gives individuals the right to “ receive personal data they
have provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine
readable format ” and request that a controller transmits this data directly to
another controller.
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