{"id":53498,"date":"2018-08-04T16:27:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T10:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53498"},"modified":"2018-08-04T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T10:57:33","slug":"ag-informs-sc-as-centre-withdraws-social-media-hub-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ag-informs-sc-as-centre-withdraws-social-media-hub-policy","title":{"rendered":"AG informs SC as Centre withdraws social media hub policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" data-attachment-id=\"53463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/legality-of-female-genital-mutilation-to-be-decided-by-supreme-court\/attachment\/12\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,628\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?fit=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53463\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?resize=300%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/12.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>New Delhi:<\/b>\u00a0The Centre today told the Supreme Court it will undertake a complete review of its social media policy and has withdrawn its notification proposing a social media hub, which some alleged could become a tool to monitor online activity of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, that the notification was being withdrawn, and disposed of petitions challenging it.<\/p>\n<p>Venugopal also told the bench, comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, that the social media policy would be reviewed completely by the government.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was hearing a petition filed by TMC MLA Mahua Moitra alleging that the Centre&#8217;s social media hub policy was to be used as a tool to monitor social media activities of the citizens and should be quashed.<\/p>\n<p>On July 13, the apex court had asked the government whether its move to create such a hub was to tap people&#8217;s WhatsApp messages, and observed that it will be like creating a &#8220;surveillance state&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Trinamool Congress legislator from West Bengal had asked whether the government wants to tap citizens&#8217; messages on WhatsApp or other social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Moitra had said the government had issued a Request For Proposal (RFP). The tender will be opened on August 20 for a software which would do 360 degree monitoring on all social media platforms such WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram and track e-mail contents, she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0The Centre today told the Supreme Court it will undertake a complete review of its social media policy and has withdrawn its notification proposing a social media hub, which some alleged could become a tool to monitor online activity of citizens. 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