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Government not trying to regulate social
media: Sibal
Thursday April 18, 2013 08:34:48 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: IT and
telecommunications minister Kapil Sibal Thursday reiterated that
the government doesn't want to control social media but stressed
the need for some regulations.
Sibal, who has been labelled in some sections of media as an enemy
of social media, said social media is the most powerful tool but
can also be very dangerous.
"It is not about control but how to have some regulations. We
don't want to control the social media," said Sibal on the
sidelines of the launch of enewspaper of India.
"If we look into the licence agreement of the electronic media,
then there is a violation everyday. But we also realise that the
electronic media also has some self professed regulations in
place. Similarly we feel that the social media will also realise
and have regulations in place," he said.
Sibal said whenever the government talks about regulating the
social media it is seen as if it is trying to curb the freedom of
speech and expression.
"Whenever we talk about regulations in social media the government
is attacked. A situation is created that the government is trying
to curb the freedom of expression. But no media should be outside
the law of the country," he said.
Sibal admitted that it is very difficult to take any action
against social media.
"Since a person can stay anonymous in the social media there is no
jurisdiction. How do we regulate the social media since they are
not registered in India ... they say their servers are based in
US," he said.
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