Social Media Should Be Accountable for Women’s Safety in Cyberspace: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister for Data and Expertise Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said the in Rajya Sabha that it was vital to make social media accountable to make sure that girls had been made protected in every single place, together with our on-line world.

Whereas giving a reply to BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi’s query on the Bulli Bai app in Rajya Sabha, the Union Minister stated, “It was vital to make social media accountable. It was vital and a dedication of his authorities to make sure that girls had been made protected in every single place together with on the our on-line world.”

The query Modi had requested was as regards to the auctioning of ladies on social media through numerous web sites together with the Bulli Bai app.

The Minister additional elaborated that each time the federal government spoke about bringing stronger legal guidelines for our on-line world and spoke about strengthening social media tips it confronted a backlash from the opposition events who termed it as an try to hamper freedom of expression and speech.

Auctioning of ladies from the Muslim group was a problem raised by Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi in a variety of letters written to the IT minister following which motion was taken by the police each in Mumbai and Delhi.

Bulli Bai app was put up on the GitHub software program improvement platform which auctioned Muslim girls by placing up their photographs.