The heart of the issue is whether social media organizations such as Twitter can choose to either throttle or promote specific content on their apps. The ability to do so would place these organizations on par with media houses that are involved in news promotion. I have little doubt that we will soon see the Twitter CEO in India, considering that Twitter users here represent at least 10% of its user base. Like Europe did with personal data, India will lead the way in reining in social media misinformation, whether through forced suo moto action by these companies or through executive action. Siddharth Pai is founder of Siana Capital, a venture fund management company focused on deep science and tech in India.

Source: Mint February 18, 2019 18:56 UTC