Institutional mechanism needed to check misuse of technology, affirms Sibal

In a recent statement, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal stressed on the need of having an institutional mechanism in place to prevent the misuse of social networking websites in the country. "We have to make efforts in consultation with the websites and impress upon them to create an institutional mechanism to prevent misuse of technology," he was quoted as saying outside the Parliament House. Now, in a step in that direction, the government is working alongwith social networking websites towards creating an institutional mechanism to check the misuse of social networking websites in the country. The recent turn of events, especially those pertaining to the widespread NE exodus in the country, shed light on the role that social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter play in our lives today. Earlier reports have already established the fact that web pages containing content offensive to the sentiments of those from the North East were splashed across the web in an attempt to incite violence and trigger fear in the country. Click here for full story