Showing posts with label Social Media Policy Of India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Media Policy Of India. Show all posts

Friday, December 16, 2011

Social Media Laws In India

Social media laws in India are in limelight these days. Social media websites are very popular among technology savvy as well as ordinary Netizens. More and more Netizens are joining social platforms to share their opinions, views, data and details. However, social networking laws in India are not adequate and properly drafted.

Social media includes social networking sites, blogs, forums, wikis, etc. Social media is growingly seen as a medium to connect with millions of professionals, friends and like minded individuals and organisations.

India is also witnessing a growing revolution of information and communication technology (ICT) and social media usage. However, till now we have no social media policy in India. Even we do not have dedicated social networking laws in India that can take care of the misuses of social platforms.

However, the framework and guidelines for use of social media for government organisations has been recently suggested by department of information technology. Theses guidelines provide an Indian social media framework for governmental departments and organisations that employees of these organisations must follow.

Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) strongly recommend that Indian government must enact strong and effective social media laws, e-governance laws and e-commerce laws in India. These three fields are going to assume centre stage in the near future and their regulation by Indian government would be required.

Till now India has enacted a single technology law in the form of information technology act 2000 (IT Act 2000). It has tried to cover all the three issues but not with great success. This is so because these three fields are very vast and require a different treatment and separate law. Perry4Law and PTLB strongly recommend enacting suitable laws in this regard.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Indian Social Media Framework And Guidelines For Government Organisations

Social networking has become a phenomenon these days. India has a staggering numbers of social networking users that is constantly increasing. Social networking is an equivalent of real life associations and groups. Sooner or later India would require considering this social phenomenon as it would touch all the aspects of Indian culture and life.

Till now we have no social media policy in India. Even we do not have dedicated social networking laws in India that is a serious problem. Although private players have prescribed their own social media policies for its employees and workers yet Indian government does not have any such applicable policy till now.

It has now been reported that the framework and guidelines for use of social media for government organisations has been suggested by department of information technology. This is just a proposal that has yet to be implemented after making necessary changes.

Social networking platforms have raised many technological and legal issues before private individuals and government employees. Further, many cyber crimes and intellectual property rights violations have also occurred due to these social networking platforms.

Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) believe that time has come for us to seriously consider a social networking policy of India. This is so because social networking platforms are totally different form traditional websites and groups. The sooner it is adopted the better it would be for the larger interest of Indian citizens.