The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has urged concerned government ministries to take action against social media influencers and platforms that are working against the interests of the country, potentially inciting violence through their content.
The panel, led by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, noted these serious concerns in a memo to the Ministry of Electronics and IT and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, asking them to ban influencers "working against country's interest" in the aftermath of the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22.
NDTV Profit has seen a copy of the memo.
Specifically, the panel has requested details of the measures being contemplated to ban such platforms and accounts under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. It has urged the concerned ministries to submit a report to committee by May 8, with actions that can be taken under existing laws.
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