QUESTION 25
GS3
10 marks
What are social networking sites and what security implications do these sites present?
WRITE IN
7 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Explain social networking sites and the security risks they pose to India.
What; What implicationsAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Definition: platforms for user-created content and connections (Facebook, X, WhatsApp, YouTube)≈35 words
- 2Risks: rumours and communal violence, radicalisation and recruitment, espionage and honey-traps, data theft, foreign influence operations≈35 words
- 3Indian cases: North-East exodus (2012), Muzaffarnagar fake video (2013)≈35 words
- 4Responses: IT Act Section 69A blocking, IT Rules 2021, fact-check units, digital literacy≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
DefinitionThreat typesCasesLegal responseBalance with free speech
Where marks usually go
- Only privacy, not national security
- No Indian incidents
Draw this
- Threat matrix: actor vs harm
Value addition
- EventRumours in August 2012 triggered an exodus of North-East people from Bengaluru; bulk SMS was capped.MHA, 2012
- CaseShreya Singhal (2015) upheld Section 69A blocking with safeguards.Supreme Court, 2015
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