Opinion | India will lead the way in reining in social media misinformation

The news last week was focused on a parliamentary panel in India summoning Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, to appear before it by this month’s end. Twitter claimed an earlier summons was issued with insufficient notice. However, now two weeks should be enough time for Dorsey to juggle his schedule.

It appears that there was broad consensus within the parliamentary panel, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main opposition party Congress closing ranks. The heart of the issue is whether social media organizations such as Twitter can choose to either throttle or promote specific content on their apps. The ability to do so would place these organizations on par with media houses that are involved in news promotion.