SC seeks govt response on social media usage guidelines in 3 weeks

Technology has taken dangerous turn, says SC, adds companies expressing inability to trace messages a grave concern

Observing that technology had taken a “dangerous turn”, the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday said that the government must come up with the guidelines needed to curb the misuse of social media. A two-judge Bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose gave the government a period of three weeks to file an affidavit detailing the steps it had taken so far to frame rules and guidelines on preventing the misuse of social media.

Social media companies such as WhatsApp, Facebook, among others expressing inability in tracing the origin of morphed photos, pornographic content, or terror messages was a serious