-The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The information technology ministry does not appear to be in favour of linking Aadhaar with social media accounts as the measure has the potential to clash with earlier court judgments on privacy and use of the biometric identification card, top officials in the ministry said.
The officials, requesting anonymity, said that the measure has to be carefully thought out before any decision to allow any linkage between Aadhaar and social media accounts of citizens.
They added that Aadhaar is not the instrument to catch sources of fake news, or those spreading indecent, provocative, and anti-national information, comments or news.
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