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| Operators of social media pages ignore order | | | Saqib Junaid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 11: Amid war of words between the ruling PDP and the opposition National Conference over Omar Abdullah's post on social media about establishing of Sainik Colonies in the state, most of the operators of social media groups didn't not pay any heed to the directives of the government to obtain permission from the respective deputy commissioners for posting news.
NC Working President Omar Abdullah last Sunday tweeted an order copy talks about allotment of 350 kanals to Sainik Colony in srinagr. Following which Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti termed Omar a "rumour monger" and asked him not to spread the lies on the social media. The BJP has also asked Omar to tender an apology for spreading "false information" on the social media about the establishment of the Sainik Colonies. In reply, Omar has challenged Mehbooba to sue him to file a case if his statements were wrong.
Amid this government has failed to make the social media groups to get registered with the concerned DCs. Government also directed the operators of social media news agencies to obtain proper permission from the concerned deputy commissioners for posting news on social media news groups along with sources.
"It is impressed upon all the admins of Whats App news groups of the district to get the registration of their social news groups in the office of the undersigned within ten days," a circular, issued by a DC issued last month. Similar circulars have been issued in other DCs of Kashmir. "But they didn't get registered nor the government has acted against any one for failing to get proper permission for running the news group," a senior police official said. "These people seem not bothered to get registered so that rumour mongering is stopped here."
The official said the government has asked field officers to chalk out measures for curbing rumour-mongering.
It has been seen that rumour mongering many a times had created law and order problem in the state. The government has issued these directions following the Handwara episode in which five people lost their lives.
Similarly, a few months back, panic gripped across the Valley after some mischievous elements posted the messages on social media about infant deaths due to polio vaccine which later turned baseless. Following which the police launched the investigation and registered the case under IT Act.
These incidents have brought into limelight the misuse of social media in the state and people paying more heed to rumours without verifying the facts. The police the culprits for spreading false information on the social media are booked under IT Act and under sections of RPC.
An official of the cyber cell of the J&K Police says they have been continuously monitoring the social media to stop the cyber-crime in the state. "We have blocked hundreds of Facebook pages and Watts App groups where people had posted false information. Now there are thousands of such pages and groups and we find it difficult to keep proper surveillance on them."
Some of the most prevalent cyber-attacks in Kashmir as per police are related to obscene publication, transmission of unauthorized contents, credit card and banking frauds, scanning, spam, malicious code, cyber stalking, rumour mongering on Wattsapp, obscene messages on Facebook and web site intrusion.
There are two cyber labs in the state to keep monitoring on social networking sites and handling of cyber-crime but both are not fully equipped. |
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