NEW DELHI: Cyber law experts say while there is a need to tighten existing regulations, social media sites should not be given the right to determine the definition of defamatory content on their networks. They also say that there should be no move towards censorship of the Internet.
In the US, social media websites are defined as 'providers of pipe' and these providers of a pipe have not been made responsible for what flows through the pipe. But in India, these providers of pipe are not liable for what flows in their pipe only if they exercise due diligence and comply with rules and regulations.
