India has demanded social networking websites take down provocative messages and has blocked some online content after anonymous threats sparked an exodus of migrants from several cities.
Tens of thousands of workers and students from the remote northeast region returned home last week fearing attacks from Muslims in reprisal for recent ethnic clashes in the state of Assam.
The Indian government has said many of the Internet posts, fake video clips and phone messages spreading rumours of plans to target migrants were sent from arch-rival Pakistan.
A statement from the Ministry of Communications late Monday said an order had been issued on August 17 but that “such inflammatory and harmful content continued to appear on the social networking sites.”
It added the government was meeting with representatives of the sites to curb the content, but stressed that “a lot more and quicker action is expected from them to address such a sensitive issue”. Full story...
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Tens of thousands of workers and students from the remote northeast region returned home last week fearing attacks from Muslims in reprisal for recent ethnic clashes in the state of Assam.
The Indian government has said many of the Internet posts, fake video clips and phone messages spreading rumours of plans to target migrants were sent from arch-rival Pakistan.
A statement from the Ministry of Communications late Monday said an order had been issued on August 17 but that “such inflammatory and harmful content continued to appear on the social networking sites.”
It added the government was meeting with representatives of the sites to curb the content, but stressed that “a lot more and quicker action is expected from them to address such a sensitive issue”. Full story...
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