Friday, 24 March, 2023

Ravi Shankar Prasad says digital media platforms have moral responsibility

<p>Ravi Shankar Prasad, the minister for IT and Telecom has called out social media firms and said that they have a social and moral responsibility towards their users. The minister said that these platforms should deal with issues like viral morphed images of a woman on their platform with sensibility and stop hiding behind technicalities. Prasad has accused them of having &lsquo;double standards&rsquo; as they oppose the rules in India, but follow similar rules in the US.</p>