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Misuse of social media blamed for communal
flare-up in Andhra
Monday December 24, 2012 09:48:50 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh's police chief Monday said misuse of social networking
sites is resulting in communal flare-up in the state.
Director General of Police V. Dinesh Reddy voiced concern over the
use of social media by some people to hurt the religious
sentiments of others.
He did not agree that communalism is on the rise in the state but
when his attention was drawn to series of communal clashes in
towns, he attributed this to "technological advancements which
people are resorting to" and misuse of social networking site
Facebook to instigate communal flare-ups.
Reddy said the cyber crime cell of the police was trying to
identify people who are campaigning on social networks so that it
works a deterrent and it was also asking the social website to
remove such content.
"There is not much in our hands because the social network
providers are based outside India," he said.
The DGP said this problem has to be addressed by social network
providers.
"The social media have to have a social responsibility. Just
because people have access to it, it should not be misused and
that is what happening now," he added.
He said the police were only appealing to people not to misuse
social network and to social network providers to think in terms
of certain self-controls.
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