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| Six detained in Bangalore |
| Six detained in Bangalore for rumours, social media told to be alert
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| INDIA
, 18-August-2012
1:57:31 AM |
| In Pune and Hyderabad, there is a sense of greater calm among students from the North East, who have spent the last few days worried about whether they are potential targets, as warned by some inflammatory text messages and videos circulating online. In Bangalore, six people have been detained and two of them arrested for spreading rumours - Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has been warning that the police is identifying those who are trying to disturb the peace by deliberately misreporting facts.
The government has asked relevant agencies to scan all social media platforms to check for inflammatory and offensive content, following which, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DIT) has issued an advisory to all intermediaries in terms of provisions of IT Act and Rules to take action for disabling all such content on priority. Cellphone operators have been told to block all bulk SMS-es and videos - so nobody can send a message to more than five people at a time.
The Prime Minister said in Parliament "We want to send out a message to all those who want to jeopardise our unity that this House stands united and we will work together to control the elements who want to create trouble." All political parties said the need of the hour is to ensure Indians from the North East that they are safe and welcome to work or study anywhere they want.
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