Need 3 more months to finalise rules on social media misuse: Centre to SC

The court, in the last hearing, had asked the govt to come up with norms in 3 weeks

The Centre has asked the Supreme Court (SC) for a three months’ time to finalise rules on preventing misuse of social media profiles. In an affidavit filed with the apex court on Monday, the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) argued that though “technology has led to economic growth and societal development, on the other hand, there has been an exponential rise in hate speech, fake news, public order, anti-national activities, defamatory postings, and other unlawful activities using internet/social media platforms”.

The affidavit also mentioned that the internet had emerged as a “potent tool to cause unimaginable disruption to