Govt must regulate social media, telcos to protect citizens’ privacy: Salve to SC

New Delhi: The state must regulate private entities such as WhatsApp, Facebook, telecom companies and even the cricket board to ensure that citizen’s rights and privacy are not eroded in any manner, senior advocate Harish N Salve argued in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The state must create an ecosystem where the rights of citizens are ensured and not taken away, Salve said.

He was arguing as the amicus curiae on a petition, which has sought curbs on the right of free speech of ministers so as to prevent prejudice to the rights of a citizen to a free and impartial probe.