New Delhi: Union minister for law and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, speaking at an international conference in Argentina, warned that social media platforms will not be allowed to abuse the electoral process and that India would take all the steps required to deter and punish all those who seek to vitiate this process.
Mr Prasad also suggested that a part of revenue that is generated by digital platforms could be reinvested in the host markets to create more infrastructures and generate more job opportunities for people there. Speaking at the plenary of the G-20 digital economy ministerial meeting in Salata, Argentina, Mr Prasad said that India had taken serious note of the reported misuse of data by social media platforms, an official statement released here said.
Mr Prasad said such platforms would never be allowed to abuse our election processes by extraneous means. He said the purity of the democratic process should never be compromised and India will take all the steps needed to deter and punish those who seek to vitiate this process.
