During an interaction with members of a chamber of commerce, she highlighted how India's growing interest in social media can be useful for business organisations.

When asked about how to monitor abusive, hateful or blasphemous content on social media the expert said having strong moderators who regularly talk with users is the best bet.

"There needs to be specific rules and people need to be made aware of what they cannot do. The best of the websites have the best of moderators," Jenkins said.

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