A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court, in which Center Sarakar has been asked to provide instructions to ensure the connectivity of Facebook, Twitter and Web News portals to the base so that the fraudulent reports can be controlled. Advocate and Delhi BJP leader Ashwani Upadhyay claimed that there are currently 3.5 million Twitter handle and 32.5 crore Facebook accounts operating in the country, and according to social media experts, 10 percent of the accounts in each platform are fake.
The petition says, "There are hundreds of fake Twitter handles and fake Facebook accounts in the name of eminent people and high office people. These fake Twitter handles and fake Facebook accounts use the actual photographs of the constitutional authorities. Therefore, the common man believes in messages being broadcasted on them. " was also claimed in the petition that fake social media accounts are mainly responsible for the many riots and communal tensions which threaten the country's peace and harmony.
The petition said, "It is necessary for political parties and candidates contesting elections that they should not use these fake Twitter handles and fake Facebook accounts for their publicity. They should not use them to spoil the image of their opponents especially during elections. "
as been stated in the petition that the Supreme Court direct the Central Government to take appropriate steps to close the fake accounts of social media.
The petition says, "There are hundreds of fake Twitter handles and fake Facebook accounts in the name of eminent people and high office people. These fake Twitter handles and fake Facebook accounts use the actual photographs of the constitutional authorities. Therefore, the common man believes in messages being broadcasted on them. " was also claimed in the petition that fake social media accounts are mainly responsible for the many riots and communal tensions which threaten the country's peace and harmony.
The petition said, "It is necessary for political parties and candidates contesting elections that they should not use these fake Twitter handles and fake Facebook accounts for their publicity. They should not use them to spoil the image of their opponents especially during elections. "
as been stated in the petition that the Supreme Court direct the Central Government to take appropriate steps to close the fake accounts of social media.
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