Government Exploring Use of AI to Tackle Social Media Misuse
To stop spread of disinformation leading to widespread public disorder, the government is exploring apply of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to remove such content automatically from social media platforms.
The Center is to "accept up the event with representatives of various international social media platforms operating in the country and monitor their compliance to instructions issued by lawful authorities under Information Technology Act."
Sources said "The introduction of Bogus Intelligence to remove objectionable content automatically from social media platforms needs to exist explored."
This step was proposed after the government witnessed widespread public disorder because of spread of rumours in mob lynching cases. The Ministry of Habitation Affairs has taken up the matter and is exploring ways to implement it.
On the rising in sharing of fake news over social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, Minister of Electronics and Information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad had said in Lok Sabha that "With a borderless cyberspace coupled with the possibility of instant advice and anonymity, the potential for misuse of cyberspace and social media platforms for criminal activities is a global issue."
Prasad explained that internet is a complex environment of people, software, hardware and services on the internet. He said he is aware near the spread of misinformation.
The It (Information technology) Act, 2000 has provisions for removal of objectionable online content. Social media platforms are intermediaries as divers in the Act. Section 79 of the Act provides that intermediaries are required to disable/remove unlawful content on beingness notified by appropriate government or its agency.
He said, "Ministry of Home affairs has issued a number of advisories which includes advisory on untoward incidents in the name of protection of cows dated 09.08.2016, advisory on cyber crime prevention and control dated 13.01.2018 and too an advisory on incidents of lynching past mobs in some states fuelled by rumours of lifting/kidnapping of children dated 04.07.2018."
Still, to remove a single content from social media platforms, the procedure is very lengthy and it takes lot of time to clean it up digitally. The cardinal authorities is now exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence in this regard, sources said.
Source: https://beebom.com/government-exploring-use-of-ai-to-tackle-social-media-misuse/
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