“It is necessary that Internet and mobile service providers have the capacity to restrict transmission of SMS, MMS and emails through these mediums,” he said.
These companies should have a technology to trace origin of such objectionable contents. “If they do not have such capacity then they must develop them. I request Government to take immediate step in this regard,” Yadav said.
Expressing concerns at the misuse of social media for inciting communal violence, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said such unscrupulous elements need to be tackled “with a firm hand” so that people do not fall a prey to their hate propaganda.
“It has been seen that a few sections of the media and some unscrupulous users of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter often use them to spread rumours, circulate fake videos, messages and images in a bid to hurt the sentiments of the religious communities, which have the tendency to arouse the passions, vitiate the peaceful atmosphere and lead to communal unrest,” he said.
