Government’s relationship with any social media platform is simply through the prism of compliance of law and rules, and therefore there is nothing personal or adversarial against one platform or the other, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
The platforms have to respect the Indian laws, the Minister of State for IT and Electronics said.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who was speaking at the inaugural edition of FinancialExpress.com’s Digital Bharat Economy Conclave 2023, made it clear that the government’s relationship with any social media platform is simply through the prism of compliance of law and rules, and thus there is nothing personal or adversarial against one platform or the other.
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He also rebuffe claims of an alleged data breach of the CoWin platform (the COVID vaccination portal).
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He said based on initial investigation, the “leaked” data likely belonge to the person who own the Telegram bot.
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The Centre, Rajeev Chandrasekhar inform, is still trying to investigate every aspect of the data.
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He also call out former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for his recent statement where he had alleged that during the farmer protest, the Indian government pressure the microblogging platform and threaten to shut down Twitter in India, raid the homes of employees if it didn’t listen to what was being told.
The minister slam Jack Dorsey’s claims as an “outright lie“.
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He also put a spotlight on two aspects about Twitter that are out in the public domain.
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On Artificial Intelligence (AI), Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that India is ready for it.
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He also talk about the expansion of the digital economy and innovation in the country, and said India will be among the league of nations shaping the future of technology.