SOCIAL MEDIA SITES INCLUDING FACEBOOK WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IF THEY INFLUENCE INDIA ELECTORAL PROCESS -RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD

India today warned social media platforms like Facebook of stringent action if any attempt was made by them to influence the country’s electoral process through “undesirable means”.

Amid probe by US privacy watchdog and British lawmakers over a potential breach of user confidentiality by Facebook, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Indian government fully supports freedom of press, speech and expression and is all for free exchange of ideas on social media.

However, any attempt by social media sites, including Facebook,to influence India’s electoral process through undesirable means will not be tolerated, he told reporters in Parliament House complex.

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