Centre not for controlling social media

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said that there was no proposal to control social media.

However, the ministry would set up a Social Media Hub to facilitate information flow regarding government programmes through social media platform including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, You Tube etc, he said. He also stated that there was no proposal to invade an individual’s right to privacy.

The minister’s reply in Rajya Sabha came days after Supreme Court asked the government whether its move to create Social Media Hub was to tap people’s WhatApp messages.