New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner (
)
Sunil Arora
on Tuesday met
with
heads and representatives of various
social
media platforms ahead of the upcoming
Lok Sabha elections.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss various issues related to
social
media content in lieu of
Model
Code of Conduct which has been implemented in India since after the announcement of Lok Sabha Elections
on March 10.
The
social
media
heads and representatives who attended the meeting included Mahima Kaul from Twitter, Piyush Poddar and Chetan Krishnaswamy from
Google, Sasha Mathew from WhatsApp, Shivnath Thujral from
Facebook, Chitrita Chatterjee from Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), Berges Y. Malu from Share Chat , Apruva Mehta from Tiktok and Nagesh Banga from Bigo TV.
The meeting was also attended by Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Ashok Lavasa.
President of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) Subho Roy was also present in the meeting.
Earlier March 6, The Chairman of Parliamentary Committee
on Information Technology,
Anurag Thakur had said that
social
media giants Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram have accepted that there is a need for corrective measures to keep a check
on posts that lead to communal tensions, incite violence or pose threat to national security. Thakur made these remarks after meeting
withofficials of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram.
Even prior to that, following concerns by various political parties, Thakur had allowed Colin Crowell, Vice President and Global Policy Head of Twitter to appear before the committee
on February 6 and had directed the micro-blogging site to ensure no interference of foreign entities in Indian elections.