Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal raked up a storm with his comments that religious views on these sites should be controlled.
Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal raked up a storm with his comments that religious views on these sites should be controlled. DNA’s Fatema Rangwala talks to Amdavadis about this and gets varied opinions on censoring of content on networking sites.
Censorship is needed as a networking site is not used by a particular age group. It is widely used by under-age (18) people. Language should be censored; personal information should not be accessed by others; people also give extremist religious views on these sites.
—Humera Sheth, student
Censorship can only block the screen of your website, not your mind. The tedious legal social exercise of putting a check on social networking sites is ultimately going to block only what users see, not what they think. We should not make it a public issue.
—Vaishali Shah, copy writer
I think social networking sites are the medium of freedom of expression. If we talk about its misuse, I think, users must have media literacy and real sense for proper utilisation. Only the user can decide advisable excessive ways.
—Ritesh Gohil, communication officer
Censorship on social networking sites is not essential! Everyone has a right to express one’s views. It’s freedom of speaking and censorship can’t come there. My question to Kapil Sibal is how can one censor people’s minds?
—Zalak Bundela, student
When anything exceeds limits, there should be some regulations. However, censorship of social networking sites is not an ideal solution. Users today misuse these sites. Young people chat, share videos and waste their time.
—Ravi Segliya, teacher
A social networking site represents a sample population. If someone maligns a person, there will be supporters of the victim reporting the abuses too. The service providers have to remove questionable materials.
—Bijal Patel, teacher
There should be no censorship for social networking websites. Through this medium, I can be in touch with friends, with whom personal communication is difficult. I can share memorable moments with them.
—Krunal Shah, engineer
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