Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Aug 10: To put a stop to irresponsible messages that are being transmitted, forwarded and circulated on social media in Leh district, which can hurt religious as well as regional sentiments of the people and for proper maintenance of law and order in the district, the District Magistrate, Leh Sachin Kumar has issued an order and fixed the responsibility of admins of social networking sites in Leh district.
The order reads that every social media group administrator shall register his group(s) name with concerned SHOs of Police Station Leh/Nyoma/Nubra within two days from issuance of this order. The order further said that each Whatsapp / facebook group admin shall report to the nearest Police Station about any posts or rumours being circulated, which are sensitive and likely to cause public disorder.
“The admin shall be ready to bear responsibility and ownership of the content posted in the group. He/she shall immediately delete the said comment in addition to reporting to the nearest Police Station and any violation of these instructions will lead to strict action under relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act & RPC and other relevant provision of law”, says the order.
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