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The term Social Media refers to Internet based applications that enable people to communicate and share resources and information. Some examples of Social Media include blogs, discussion forums, chat rooms, wikis, YouTube channels, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Social Media can be accessed by both computer and smart phones. Social Media are found to have an extremely high level of interaction among the users, differently from traditional media, which are characterized by a one-way communication flow. Indeed, Social Media users can be at the same time both senders and recipients of information, and creators, and users of content
National Defense University of USA defines Social Media as “applications that inherently connect people and information in spontaneous, interactive ways .
Internet has revolutionized the way information is exchanged in real time has been the advent of Social media. It has triggered an information revolution the world over that has forced people, governments and organizations , both public and private, to rethink strategies on how they manage their information and engage in an increasingly interconnected world. It has triggered an information revolution the world over that has forced people, governments and organizations, both public and private, to rethink strategies on how they manage their information and engage in an increasingly interconnected world. It has challenged information hierarchies, opened up access and produced an entirely new ecosystem of information exchange. Technological innovations are rapid and constantly evolving, making barriers, borders and control irrelevant. Such unprecedented developments in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) provide immense potential for successful participative governance initiatives in India. Social media is an efficient and low-cost distribution channel. Driving true citizen engagement is more than just deploying information; it’s about creating a two-way dialogue and generating awareness and support of the government. Social media is a fantastic platform for hosting relevant content, engaging discussion, and soliciting feedback from citizens .It is proved as an effective tool in the hand of government to cut Red-Tapism and foster greater transparency , accountability , inclusiveness , efficiency ,responsiveness and raise consensus .For the Indian government, the internet remains the chosen platform for socio-economic empowerment schemes, which also makes India uniquely dependent on internet platforms for its development. But technology is a double edged sword. It also throws up new challenges in the realm of law and order and security for governments that need to be dealt with innovatively.
There are multitude of factors which gave rise to unparallel growth of social Media in India like ever rising literacy rate , a huge quantum of youth population , ceaselessly increasing middle class and incessantly diminishing prices of smart phone and internet data . According to Internet and Mobile Association of India India has 371 million Mobile internet users and is the largest market for social networking site Facebook after the US .YouTube gets 60 million hits a month in India. Micro-blogging site Twitter has 22.2 million users in India, making it its third largest user base in the world. These numbers are mind boggling and have far reaching implications in terms of security, law and order.
Social media’s capacity to spread information at extremely high volumes and velocities needs to be tapped into by security and law enforcement agencies .The answer lies not in blocking the medium, but within the medium itself which provides avenues for engagement, connectedness, and collaboration and can also double up as reservoir of open source intelligence if used to its optimal potential. The government should not delve into “mass surveillance” of closed and encrypted messages on social media which could raise concerns of internet censorship, violation of privacy and freedom of speech and expression.
Indian Government Response
The Social Media Labs Project – In 2013,the Maharashtra Police took the first initiative in this direction by setting up a pilot project to track activity on social media to gauge public moods on issues and ‘step-up its preparedness’ in anticipating and handling sudden flare ups. The first of its kind in the country, the Lab was established with the Mumbai police roping in the industry body NASCOMM (The National Association of Software and Services Companies) for providing technical infrastructure, support and training, and used social media monitoring tools provided by Indian technology-development entrepreneurs SocialAppsHQ. The app tracks and provides sentiment analysis, identifies behavioural patterns, influencers and advocates, tracks increase in chatter and generates alerts in real-time on social media platforms.
Social Media and Legal Challenge
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