Smriti Irani tells Meta to keep pace with the government’s vision of keeping women, youth safe from online harm
New Delhi, (IANS) | Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said companies like Meta (formerly Facebook) should align with the central government’s vision to keep people, especially women and youth, safe online in India’s cities and towns.
Addressing the ‘Digital Safety Summit’ organized by META, the Minister urged META to come forward directly and responsibly on issues of women and child safety and mental health and partner with government agencies.
Irani added, “They should expand this important discussion to smaller towns in India – ensuring that women and youth from every corner of the country feel safe to express themselves online and take advantage of the digital revolution that is sweeping the country today.” spreading all over.”
The ‘Digital Safety Summit’ brought together leading policy makers, CSOs, parenting communities, creators and educators to talk about online safety.
The social media giant said it is launching ‘Take It Down’, created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) with support from Meta, to address the issue of non-consensual intimate images in India. Youth can be helped to deal with it.
‘Take It Down’ will soon be available in Hindi and several other Indian languages.
Hashing transforms images or videos into a coded form that can no longer be viewed, producing hashes that are secure digital fingerprints.
Meta said that once the hashes are generated, we can use those hashes to find any copy or images or videos, take them down and prevent them from being posted on our apps in the future Are.
“Keeping women and teens safe online is an industry-wide challenge and we are committed to being part of the solution,” said Antigone Davis, Vice President, Global Head of Safety at Meta. and take comprehensive steps to ensure the safety of teens. We have policies and technology in place to protect women and teens, we provide tools like blocking users, filtering comments and reporting.”
The company has partnered with the Ministry of Women and Child Development to launch the hashtag Amrit Generation campaign, which will encourage young people, many of whom are aspiring creators, to freely express their vision for the future. do.
Sandhya Devanathan, Vice President and Head (India), Meta, said, “Today, millions of women-led businesses and teens use our apps to express their authentic selves. We are committed to creating tools and resources that that will make our apps and internet more secure and inclusive.”
On Safer Internet Day 2023, the company launched the first phase of its hashtag DigitalSafety campaign.
–IANS
