a): No, Sir. Cyber space is a complex environment of people, software, hardware and services on the Internet. With a borderless cyberspace coupled with the possibility of instant communication and anonymity, the potential for circulation of erroneous clips that induce panic or hate is a global issue. Government is committed to freedom of speech and expression and privacy of its citizens as enshrined in the constitution of India. Government does not monitor or regulate content appearing on internet.
(b): The Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 has provisions for removal of objectionable online content. Section 79 of the Act provides that intermediaries are required to disable/remove unlawful content on being notified by appropriate government or its agency. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2011 notified under section 79 of the IT Act require that the Intermediaries shall observe due diligence while discharging their duties and shall inform the users of computer resources not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that is, inter alia, grossly harmful, harassing, defamatory, libellous, invasive of another''s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, or otherwise unlawful in any manner.
Government has taken several steps to actively dismiss fake clips and to spread information regarding authenticity of clips:
• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) took note of media reports about spread of fake news, misinformation/disinformation on Internet particularly using WhatsApp platform and issued a notice to WhatsApp on 3.7.2018. In their response, WhatsApp conveyed a number of steps taken by them to address the issue of fake news propagated using their platform.
• Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) 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 also an advisory on incidents of lynching by mobs in some States fuelled by rumours of lifting/kidnapping of children dated 04.07.2018.
• MeitY and MHA as well as Police are in regular touch with various social media platforms to effectively address the issue of removal of objectionable content.
• MeitY through a program, namely, Information Security Education & Awareness (ISEA), has been highlighting the importance of following the ethics while using Internet and advice not to share rumours/fake news. A dedicated website for information security awareness (https://www.infosecawareness.in) has also been set up where a module on fake news have been provided.
(c): MeitY assists other Government Ministries/Departments and Constitutional bodies like Election Commission, etc. as per the provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000.
(d): The details regarding digital transactions since 2015-16 is at Annexure.
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Annexure
Growth of Digital Transaction in VOLUME : Oct, 2015 to Jan 2019 ( Figures in Cr)
# Mode Fy 2015-16
( Oct, 2015 to March, 2016) FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 ( Till 10th Jan 2019)
NPCI
1 NACH 77.25 196.88 237.49 219.15
2 IMPS 13.13 50.68 101.29 128.67
3 UPI + BHIM+USSD 0.00 1.79 91.52 343.31
4 RuPay (POS) 1.65 19.53 45.99 55.69
5 RuPay (eCom) 0.82 8.76 20.82 30.72
6 AEPS 6.91 34.47 98.45 124.78
7 BBPS 0.01 2.56 22.36
8 NETC 2.03 12.68 18.67
A Sub Total 99.78 314.14 608.24 920.99
DATA SOURCED FROM RBI
9 Debit Card ( excluding RuPay) 61.12 212.69 267.59 216.01
10 Credit Card 41.33 108.72 140.51 114.03
11 NEFT 69.24 162.22 194.64 147.55
12 M-Wallet 30.43 163.00 302.60 262.65
13 RTGS 5.03 10.79 12.45 8.88
14 PPC 9.12 33.31 43.26 28.61
B Sub Total 216.27 690.73 961.05 777.73
DATA SOURCED FROM CLOSED Loop Service Providers (Smart Card Transactions)
C CLOSED LOOP SERVICE PROVIDERS 35.88 81.65 115.09 62.01
DATA SOURCED FROM BANK(IntraBank Transactions)
15 Internet Banking 0.00 0.00 149.34 118.50
16 Mobile Banking 0.00 0.00 66.20 84.78
17 Others 0.00 0.00 171.04 179.39
D Sub Total ( BANK ) 0.00 0.00 386.59 382.66
Total ( A+B+C+D) 351.93 1086.51 2070.96 2143.39
AEPS: Aadhaar Enabled Payment System
ATM: Automated Teller Machine
BBPS: Bharat Bill Payment System
BHIM: Bharat Interface for Money
eCom: Electronic Commerce
IMPS: Immediate Payment Service
NACH: National Automated Clearing House
NETC: National Electronic Toll Collection
PoS: Point of Sale
PPC – Prepaid Card
RTGS – Real Time Gross Settlement
UPI: Unified Payments Interface
USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
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