GOVERNMENT ASKING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO CHECK MESSAGES Accusing social media platforms for spreading hate, violence and requiring them to do surveillance and report the same is blatant attempt to stop free speech and views not palatable to thegovernment or other oppressors! I hold the government in fact responsible for not curbing spread of hate speech and all its ills of polarization. Any criticizm of government is not anti national and in fact essential in a democracy which has an Opposition, Institutions and Press as checks and balances which are being systematically harassed/ destroyed and human rights institutions and NGOs like Green Peace being shut down. First look within and stop the Ministers/MLAs from expounding religious and hate inciting/ misognistic speeches, make transparent details of own funding before investigating blocking others and stop destroying/inflltration organizations like CBI/ IB/ RAW/ CVC and misusing them against ourselves. Have more respect for Supreme Court decisions.The various media platforms thankfully positioned abroad are the only weapons citizens have these days to promote free speech and counter fake news. The chilling example of killing of american correspondent Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey is an example of how far unfettered governments can go!
