PUNE: IT professionals have expressed doubts over the chance to stay a tab on the internet platforms used by the candidates contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections, though the EC has told them to furnish their social media account details whilst submitting nomination papers.
The Election Commission of India (EC) has told social media giants similar to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and in addition to Google to to verify the ads coming from various political parties. A criticism officer has been appointed to take in all the proceedings related to the ads at the social media platforms.
What considerations the IT professionals most are the individual portals. Y Kiran Chandra of Free Software Movement of India has written to the EC, difficult specific tips for the mechanism that may ensure transparency for the political parties, candidates and the voters usually.
He mentioned, “The EC will have to conduct an outreach programme to coach the social media customers on techniques to record violations of electoral norms. There is no level in just announcing a mechanism when the process is not utterly transparent.”
The EC tenet states that the candidates must furnish details of their social media accounts at the time of submitting nominations. “Since the social media is also electronic media by definition, all political ads on social media may even require pre-certification from the media certification and monitoring committees,” it states.
Chandra mentioned, “The political parties and the candidates are meant to publish related accounts referring to their digital expenditure all over the election campaign and there will have to be a commonplace page and seek facility.”
He added that a detailed election advisory will have to be issued to the social media firms to divulge the ads with a seek option and what number of such ads are displayed and this will have to be listed on a page which will have to be available for voters in addition to political parties.
Pune district collector Naval Kishore Ram has mentioned an IT professional would be appointed to stay a close watch at the social media cell.
The Election Commission of India (EC) has told social media giants similar to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and in addition to Google to to verify the ads coming from various political parties. A criticism officer has been appointed to take in all the proceedings related to the ads at the social media platforms.
What considerations the IT professionals most are the individual portals. Y Kiran Chandra of Free Software Movement of India has written to the EC, difficult specific tips for the mechanism that may ensure transparency for the political parties, candidates and the voters usually.
He mentioned, “The EC will have to conduct an outreach programme to coach the social media customers on techniques to record violations of electoral norms. There is no level in just announcing a mechanism when the process is not utterly transparent.”
The EC tenet states that the candidates must furnish details of their social media accounts at the time of submitting nominations. “Since the social media is also electronic media by definition, all political ads on social media may even require pre-certification from the media certification and monitoring committees,” it states.
Chandra mentioned, “The political parties and the candidates are meant to publish related accounts referring to their digital expenditure all over the election campaign and there will have to be a commonplace page and seek facility.”
He added that a detailed election advisory will have to be issued to the social media firms to divulge the ads with a seek option and what number of such ads are displayed and this will have to be listed on a page which will have to be available for voters in addition to political parties.
Pune district collector Naval Kishore Ram has mentioned an IT professional would be appointed to stay a close watch at the social media cell.
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