Concerned over the rise in objectionable content on social networking sites, the government today said it would take steps to screen and remove such contents. It asked Internet firms like Google and Facebook to adhere to government guidelines.

A day after representatives from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft had a meeting with Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibal and declined to remove offensive content, the minister stressed that these firms would have to evolve a mechanism and come back with a solution. However, he added that the government did not believe in either directly or indirectly interfering in the freedom of the Press.

The minister was addressing mediapersons after reports in an international newspaper said that the government was trying to censor such sites, which Sibal said was not true.

“The government is not for online censorship, but wants Internet service providers to pre-screen user content in order to remove disparaging and defamatory matter online, he said.

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