New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declared great concern over the web portal and YouTube channel to spread fake news in the absence of regulatory mechanisms.
“If you go to YouTube, you will find out how fake news circulates are free and anyone can start the channel on YouTube,” SC bench consisting of the main justice of India NV Ramana, and Hakiman Surya Kant and a Bopanna said.
CJI added that these portals write anything against judges, institutions without accountability and only listen to strong voices.
CJI added: “Don’t know who is approaching …
they are just worried about strong people …
Judge, ordinary people, they are not disturbed.” Read Alsokiticism from the Government by the Media Unbeared: Supreme Court of the Supreme Court on Monday Stay Koersif Action against TV channels accused of incitement to display the administration of MP Rebels Krishnnam Raju against the handling of the Covid situation at Andhra Pradesh in Jagan.
SC controlled the police from taking coercive actions against two Twothe Supreme Court further down on several private media organizations that carry the womb with communal tones.
“Everything shown in parts of the private media has a communal tone.
In the end, this country will get a bad name.
Have you ever tried to arrange this private channel,” The SC asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
Mehta said the center had come out with the rules of information and new technology to take care of problems marked by CJI.
However, he added that many petitions were submitted in the High Court challenging new rules.
He told the best court that the center had submitted a request to transfer all these petitions to the Supreme Court.
The APEX court agreed to hear after six weeks of the central application seeking the transfer of petitions from various high courts for themselves on the issue of new IT rules that were intended to regulate online content including social media and web portals.
(With input from agency)