Panaji, Apr 10 (UNI) The Goa Police has issued advisory for Admins of Whatsap during COVID 19 pandemic being faced by the country as well as the coastal state.
The advisory said,' It has been noticed that during the present coronavirus crisis the Social Media platforms such as WhatsApp are used to spread a lot of fake news, misinformation and hate speech messages. In view of this, the Admins of the group and every users of Social Media platform are advised to use the platform responsibly.'
'Do not to post fake news, hate speech or misinformation in groups, immediately delete any post, if you find it objectionable or the admin notifies you. Do not further forward or circulate any such news you get from other members of the group. Check the source and veracity of any news/image/video/meme you receive, before posting it on the group. If you find any piece of misinformation, fake news or hate speech, report it on www.cybercrime.gov.in or to your nearest police station, and also inform your group admin immediately. Never share any content that is violent, pornographic and discriminative against any religion/community or Group,' it said.
For admin of the group, it said, 'Ensure that every group member is reliable and responsible enough to share only verified news. Inform all the group members about the rules of posting in the group. Warn all the members and prevent them from sharing objectionable content. Actively and regularly monitor content that is being shared on the group. It is advisable that if the group is uncontrollable, then the group settings can be changed to only where admins have the right to post. Inform the police if any members resort to mischief and share objectionable content.'
'All the citizens are urged not to post, share, forward, disseminate, any message, content, pictures or photos, videos anything that could promote enmity on grounds of religion, nationality, race, language and other grounds of discrimination or disrupt public order, decency and morality. If such act is committed, the law enforcement agency will take stern action against such perpetrators,' the advisory said.
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