India has recently requested websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to remove pages that contain “inflammatory and hateful content” as these may have been used for spreading rumors in the country that resulted in the exodus of thousands of people from Bangalore and other Indian cities.
Activists demand the deletion of section 66A from the IT Act and warn that the Mamata government’s action is a pointer of things to come for the country. A fear psychosis has gripped activists in West Bengal using mobile phones, writes RANJIT SUR
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