Ravi Shankar Prasad recommends WhatsApp CEO measures to contain counterfeit news

New Delhi, Aug 21 Union Information Technology and Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday held a "beneficial gathering" with WhatsApp CEO, Chris Daniels and proposed few measures to check dissemination of phony news through the messaging app.

Addressing the media following the meeting, Prasad stated, "I had an extremely productive meeting with Chris Daniels. I complimented him for the phenomenal innovative arousing that WhatsApp has driven in the nation for training, medicinal services, for data about development and cultivating, and for alleviation work in Kerala. These are sure developments."

"Be that as it may, there are likewise exceptionally vile advancements, that incite wrongdoings like crowd lynching, exact retribution porn, and you should discover answers for these difficulties which are out and out criminal and infringement of Indian laws," he included.

The minister further said that in order to take strict move against the violations activated by false combustible messages on different web based life stages in India, the government has put forward three suggestions before the WhatsApp CEO.

"WhatsApp must have a complaint officer in India. At that point you should have an appropriate consistence of Indian laws. We won't welcome a situation where any issue should be replied in America. Ultimately, WhatsApp has turned into an imperative segment of India's advanced stockpiling. Subsequently, it must have an appropriate corporate substance situated in India," Prasad proposed.

The minister also informed that the WhatsApp CEO promised to investigate these issues and find a solution accordingly. The CEO of the messaging application is on a five-day visit to India.

"We have also asked that he have a detailed mechanism to trace the origin of any sinister message. He said that they will attempt to discover an answer for that as well. I am extremely upbeat that he said that we are working with law requirement organizations to build up our framework. They will complete a major battle to teach the general population of India," the minister included.

WhatsApp, which has nearly 200 million clients in India has as of late experienced harsh criticism for being abused to circle counterfeit news, that prompted widespread episodes of crowd lynching and numerous fierce occurrences the nation over.

Taking note of these incidents, WhatsApp recently introduced several updates and new highlights for its stage. On July 20, it acquainted an element in India with confine sending of messages on the application.

In a statement, Whatsapp had stated, "In India - where people forward more messages, photo, and videos than some other nation on the planet - we will also test a lower limit of 5 chats without a moment's delay and we'll evacuate the snappy forward catch beside media messages."

In July, the application also added a new feature to its stage to make it simpler for clients to distinguish messages or substance which is being circled crosswise over gatherings and individual talks by marking them 'sent'.

These updates came after the Indian government mounted weight on social media sites and messaging applications to control standards as needs be to handle the menace of rumours and fake news.