BM Bureau, Dec 14: Deputy Commissioner M G Hiremath has warned social media mischief mongers against any anti social, inflammatory and defamatory posts that would cause communal tension and also insult any individual or community. He was speaking during the ‘fact check’ training and awareness workshop that was held Monday afternoon at the DC office meeting hall. Social media expert Pramod Harikant conducted the training.
Stringent action would be initiated against such persons who would cause social tension and personal insults by the way of their posts in any form of social media like whatsapp, facebook or twitter, DC Hiremath said.
“Incidents of such posts especially misleading posts are on the rise. A special training is being imparted to search, investigate such posts and news items after which stringent action would be taken against those involved in making such posts viral,” DC Hiremath said.
Media persons from all the major publications were present for the workshop.