Will social media break the next scam, trumping TV and print?

Abstract

The Singhvi video and the Pratibha Patil land grabs were social media events. Will an RTI-enabled social media break the next major scandal?. A Lok Sabha member of Parliament, Meenakshi Natarajan, was to introduce the Print and Electronic Media Standards and Regulations Bill2012.The bill provides, among others things, for a regulatory authority with sweeping powers, including powers to ban or suspend coverage of an event or incident that may pose a threat to national security from foreign or internal sources. It even provides for a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh, suspension of a media organisation's licence for up to 11 months and cancellation in some cases.

Natarajan, a first-time MP representing Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, is an All-India Congress Committee secretary and a member of Rahul Gandhi's core team of youth leaders. The bill, incidentally, was not introduced since she was absent on the day it was taken up. "The bill was based on her (Natarajan's) views. These are not the views of Rahul Gandhi. Neither are these his views or nor has she got his consent to this bill," Congress General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said. Read more at: https://www.firstpost.com/india/will-social-media-break-the-next-scam-trumping-tv-and-print-299322.html