Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal on 15 December 2011 sought help from social networking websites and Internet companies in propagating government's various e-governance initiatives. The objective is to make people more aware of the online environment.
Sibal chaired a meeting Citizen engagement and use of social media attended by functionaries of all leading Internet companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter besides other stakeholders. The meeting was organised on 15 December to discuss how the social media could empower the government, since under the normal processes of governance only limited dialogue with the representatives of society is possible.
The Internet companies were asked to give their opinions on how to use social media and e-governance to empower citizens. The objective of using the internet to improve citizen engagement in policy formulation and implementation of its projects and programmes was highlighted.
Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot specified that there was no plan to formulate a mechanism to regulate Internet content. Pilot however, pointed out that the government was committed to protecting privacy and identity of individuals besides addressing security concerns about data, including personal data.
On the occasion it was reiterated that there was no question of censoring Internet content
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