Social media norms: Sources of media must be traced, says Supreme Court

The government’s efforts to make popular messaging app WhatsApp come up with a methodology to trace the origin of messages which threaten law and order got a firm backing from the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Expressing concern over the origin and spread of fake messages on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook, the SC gave three weeks to the government to apprise it about the status of intermediary guidelines and give definite timelines to frame a law to tackle the misuse of social media.