New Delhi: According to sources, the union authorities has written to social media corporations searching for instant removing of any content material that makes use of or refers back to the time period “Indian variant” of Coronavirus from their platform. The step has been taken to curb misinformation round Covid-19.
The IT Ministry has reportedly burdened that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not related the time period “Indian Variant” with the B.1.617 variant of Coronavirus in any of its studies.
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News company PTI cited sources as informing {that a} discover has been issued on this regard on Friday by the IT Ministry. It states {that a} false assertion is being unfold on-line which means that an “Indian variant” of coronavirus is spreading throughout international locations.
Social media platforms have been requested to “remove all the content that names, refers to, or implies Indian variant’ of Coronavirus from your platform immediately,” sources had been quoted as saying.
Previously, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on May 12 had offered a clarification over the matter by a press launch.
“Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as a variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus as an ‘Indian Variant’,” the ministry wrote in an announcement.
“These media reports are without any basis, and unfounded,” it said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had issued advisories concerning curbing false information/misinformation regarding coronavirus on social media platforms.
Besides this, the Indian authorities has objected to Twitter for flagging BJP leaders’ tweets on alleged Congress toolkit as ‘manipulated media’, information company PTI reported sources as saying.
As per studies, the Union authorities has requested the micro-blogging web site to take away “manipulated media” tag contending that the matter is pending earlier than regulation enforcement company. Centre made it clear that the social media platform can’t move judgment when the difficulty is underneath investigation.
The growth got here hours after Twitter put up a ‘manipulated media’ notification on BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra’s tweet the place he posted concerning the alleged Congress toolkit.
Meanwhile, Congress has stated that its stand on the ‘Covid toolkit’ controversy stands validated after Twitter used ‘manipulated media’ tag for Patra’s tweets.
