| Re: Aadhaar linking for Facebook accounts
The Indian Government has confirmed that they have no plans to link Aadhar number with social media sites. Quote:
The Aadhaar linking proposal was first put forward in a petition filed in the Madras high court in July 2018, when petitioner Antony Clement Rubin asked the court to order the government to use such an authentication measure to check illegal online practices.
Similar petitions were filed in the Madhya Pradesh and the Bombay high courts before they were transferred to the Supreme Court. The issue overlaps with the government’s plan to formulate rules that will fix liabilities of digital companies such as Google and Facebook.
The next date of hearing is yet to be decided, and the Centre is likely to present its draft intermediary rules, which are yet to be finalised.
While replying to a supplementary question on blocking websites spreading fake news and pornography, the minister said on Wednesday that India should not be compared with China or the Middle East, adding: “We are a democracy”.
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Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india...EYW54WaDL.html | 
28th December 2017, 16:10
