Government body to moderate the removal of anti-social content from social networking sites
Hot on the heels of the Dr. Ambedkar Facebook hate page related riots in Mumbai and subsequent removal of the pages, the cyber police of the country have taken it upon themselves to moderate the vast array of content that goes up on popular social networking sites for such content. Daily newspaper DNA talked of The Mumbai Police and some IT experts will patrol websites and if found, that anti-social content will be forwarded to the India Computer Emergency Response Team (or ICERT). This agency will then communicate with the social networking site, requesting them to pull down the content and even help trace the wrong-doers.
Now that is one big task to pull off according to me, as you have millions of users creating umpteen number of 'groups' or 'pages' on the Internet. But this shows how seriously we take what goes on the Internet these days, seeing how a single page can enrage people to riot in the real world, causing damage to public property.
The question is -- should we even take online groups or pages like these so seriously? Should we bother spending time and resources in tracking down these mischief mongers? What do you think? Leave us a comment and let us know.
Now that is one big task to pull off according to me, as you have millions of users creating umpteen number of 'groups' or 'pages' on the Internet. But this shows how seriously we take what goes on the Internet these days, seeing how a single page can enrage people to riot in the real world, causing damage to public property.
The question is -- should we even take online groups or pages like these so seriously? Should we bother spending time and resources in tracking down these mischief mongers? What do you think? Leave us a comment and let us know.
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