HUB WILL CREATE A ‘SURVEILLANCE STATE’

THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT THE CENTRE’S DECISION TO SET UP A SOCIAL MEDIA HUB TO MONITOR ONLINE DATA WOULD BE AKIN TO CREATING A SURVEILLANCE STATE. “TRACKING AND REGULATING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT WILL TRANSFORM US INTO A SURVEILLANCE STATE,” JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD OBSERVED AS A THREE-JUDGE BENCH, INCLUDING THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA DIPAK MISRA AND JUSTICES A.M. KHANWILKAR AND CHANDRACHUD, ISSUED A NOTICE TO THE GOI ON A PLEA FILED BY TMC MLA MAHUA MOITRA.