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Working with government to remove hateful
content: Facebook
Tuesday August 21, 2012 11:33:25 PM,
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Social
media becoming double-edged sword
The online hate campaign targeting people from the northeast has
put the spotlight on the power of the social media network in
India, which counts more than 60 million users, and how this
burgeoning community can be manipulated for
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New Delhi: Social
networking website Facebook Tuesday said it is working with the
government to remove "hateful content" that is widely being
perceived as likely to spark communal tension across the country.
"Facebook will remove content which breaches our terms as set out
in our statement of rights and responsibilities. Content or
individuals can be removed from Facebook for a variety of reasons,
including issuing direct calls for violence or perpetuating hate
speech," the company spokesperson told IANS.
"We have received requests from Indian authorities and agencies
and are working through those requests and responding to the
agencies. We encourage people to continue to use our tools to
report content they are concerned about so that we can investigate
and take action fast," he added.
This is against the backdrop of the online hate campaign targeting
people from the northeast which has put the spotlight on the power
of the social media network in India, which accounts more than 60
million users.
The unprecedented exodus of people from the northeast, abetted by
hate messages, has also opened the debate about issues related to
internet freedom and content regulation.
India, which is looking into the alleged role of Pakistan-based
elements in using morphed images on internet, has blocked over 250
websites for orchestrating the online campaign of hatred.
According to a report by iCRossing, nearly 36 million people in
the country use Facebook.
Of these, nearly 50 percent users are aged below 50. Estimates for
2012 posted on the India pages of various network sites show that
microblogging site Twitter and LinkedIn have nearly 15 million
users each in India.
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