Social media accounts should be linked with Aadhaar: Tamil Nadu before SC

State says linking needed to fight terrorism and fake news as Facebook appeals that the top court hears all such cases

Social media profiles should be linked to users' Aadhaar number to check terrorist messages, pornography, and fake news, the Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court on Monday.

The state told the court that it was working with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) professors  to find a solution to trace the origin of WhatsApp messages.

Tamil Nadu made the submissions when a two-judge bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose was hearing a petition by Facebook, to transfer all such cases pending in different high courts to the Supreme Court. The High Courts of Madras, Bombay, and Madhya Pradesh