BHUBANESWAR: Odisha police have created a particular unit to curb the unfold of misinformation on social media platforms within the run-up to elections. IGP (Crime Department) Shefeen Ahamed is the nodal officer of the particular unit.
Police have warned of stringent motion towards people and organizations sharing their pretend and provocative contents associated to elections on social media handles.Police urged folks to chorus from spreading misinformation whereas respecting the liberty of expression.
DCPs and SPs have been requested to coordinate with the state nodal officer for well timed motion towards these, who unfold pretend information and provocative contents on social media. “We’ll strictly implement the rules of the Election Fee to deal with dissemination of false on-line contents associated to elections,” stated director normal of police Arun Kumar Sarangi.
Sources stated district police headquarters have created their very own groups to actively monitor platforms like Fb, X, WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube. Police in districts have issued devoted telephone numbers to obtain complaints from folks and candidates associated to circulation of faux and objectionable poll-related contents on social media handles.
“We now have requested DCPs and SPs to instantly inform our nodal officer if they need any pretend content material to be dropped or faraway from any social media platform. We’ll contact Fb, X, WhatsApp and different social media operators to instantly take away the false contents,” a Crime Department officer advised TOI.
The commissionerate police have roped in some cyber safety specialists to coach their personnel on tackling deepfake menace. Police apprehend that cyber criminals could create and flow into deepfake movies and pictures of politicians throughout the ensuing elections.
“We now have engaged some specialists from the sphere of cyber safety as cyber volunteers to help our personnel on coping with deepfake drawback. A workshop was not too long ago convened the place the specialists of a reputed reality checking web site skilled our personnel on the right way to establish deepfake and morphed photographs and movies,” stated deputy commissioner of police Prateek Singh.
Although police have thus far not come throughout any deepfake circumstances within the metropolis, Singh stated cops ought to stay up to date within the subject of expertise and have an edge over cyber crooks.
Police have warned of stringent motion towards people and organizations sharing their pretend and provocative contents associated to elections on social media handles.Police urged folks to chorus from spreading misinformation whereas respecting the liberty of expression.
DCPs and SPs have been requested to coordinate with the state nodal officer for well timed motion towards these, who unfold pretend information and provocative contents on social media. “We’ll strictly implement the rules of the Election Fee to deal with dissemination of false on-line contents associated to elections,” stated director normal of police Arun Kumar Sarangi.
Sources stated district police headquarters have created their very own groups to actively monitor platforms like Fb, X, WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube. Police in districts have issued devoted telephone numbers to obtain complaints from folks and candidates associated to circulation of faux and objectionable poll-related contents on social media handles.
“We now have requested DCPs and SPs to instantly inform our nodal officer if they need any pretend content material to be dropped or faraway from any social media platform. We’ll contact Fb, X, WhatsApp and different social media operators to instantly take away the false contents,” a Crime Department officer advised TOI.
The commissionerate police have roped in some cyber safety specialists to coach their personnel on tackling deepfake menace. Police apprehend that cyber criminals could create and flow into deepfake movies and pictures of politicians throughout the ensuing elections.
“We now have engaged some specialists from the sphere of cyber safety as cyber volunteers to help our personnel on coping with deepfake drawback. A workshop was not too long ago convened the place the specialists of a reputed reality checking web site skilled our personnel on the right way to establish deepfake and morphed photographs and movies,” stated deputy commissioner of police Prateek Singh.
Although police have thus far not come throughout any deepfake circumstances within the metropolis, Singh stated cops ought to stay up to date within the subject of expertise and have an edge over cyber crooks.
