Mumbai: Since locking related to the pandemic from March 2020, Cyber ​​Maharashtra police have registered 1,121 cases of fake news, rumors, and hatred speeches posted and distributed on social media in the state.
In the past six days, there has been an increase in reciprocating hatred and communal speeches on social media; 466 of 1,121 cases are listed in the last six days.
367 arrests have been made until now.
Of the 1,121 cases, 1,055 are registered as violations that are nervous and 66 as unlike.
Police cyber said cases have increased lately because of the local body selection on the corner.
Overall, 367 was accused of being arrested and 1,049 identified and notifications were presented under 152 criminal procedures for injury prevention on public property.
“Prevention action in accordance with the CRPC 107 section (security to maintain peace) has been carried out on 145 accused of accused The last day was caused by the election that surrounded the corner.
This has activated all party members to make allegations and pass the demeaning statement using the social media platform, “said a senior police officer.
Since March 2020, cyber police throughout the country have registered cases against condescending and obscene content posted on social media platforms.
Among the total post offensive, 409 cases only from WhatsApp users, and because of the technology nature and encryption of posts were deleted.
Another interesting post on the criminal code section includes 394 on Facebook, 26 on Twitter and 76 on Instagram, among others.
Cyber ​​Cyber ​​Police Supervisors and spokesman Sanjay Shintre said four teams – monitoring tables, intelligence, coordination committee and work team of consciousness all the time to filter and identify false posts and hate speeches on social media.
Cyber ​​Ritesh Bhatia experts say such incidents are increasing exponentially throughout the country.
The former DGP of the State and former Police Commissioner Mumbai D Sivanandan said unless the right case was registered and quick trial, the number of cases registered only had consequences.