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Justice Katju for regulating social media
Wednesday April 18, 2012 10:20:30 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Press Council of India Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju
Wednesday called for regulating social media, saying it would
prevent unpleasant material from making it into the public domain.
"Social media like Facebook and Google need to be regulated as a
lot of dirty and filthy material is available on these sites and
these affect the minds of the younger generation," Katju said
during an interaction with women journalists at the Indian Women
Press Corps.
Katju also supported some kind of regulation for media especially
electronic media.
"Everybody should have self-regulation. I was scared when I was
the High Court judge that if I took a bribe I would be impeached
by Parliament. Lawyers' license can be cancelled by the Bar
Council of India and similarly doctors' licence can be cancelled
by the Medical Council of India for any medical negligence.
"So
everybody is accountable except the media, especially the
electronic media. They say we will have self-regulation. Then
everybody should have self-regulation, why should there be laws?
The very fact that you have laws is that society realises that
self-regulation is not all that sufficient. There should be some
fear among media," he said.
According to Katju, Indian media has been playing a very
irresponsible role.
"I am not against the media and fight for their rights as nobody
else would have. I am not calling for controlling media but
regulating them. May be a separate committee should be constituted
and the media fraternity should be a part of framing its
guidelines," he said.
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