Friday, February 18, 2011

GoI monitoring "misuse" of social networking websites in Kashmir


Srinagar: The government has no plans to ban social networking websites in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast, however, "it is closely monitoring the misuse anti-national elements and "will put a proper safeguard in place".
"We are aware some people are misusing these networks...we will put proper safeguards in place, take corrective action. But we are not for taking any hasty decision," said defence minister AK Antony on Thursday.
Antony's statement attains significance in the backdrop of some pro-freedom  groups already using Facebook and other sites Kashmir and also the way they were used to mobilize people against the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt.
Pertinently the  Army, has come out in the open to express concerned about social networking sites in the Kashmir Valley. "Facebook and other social networking sites are being used as a tool of propaganda against the Army and other security agencies by elements hell-bent on disturbing peace,"  15 Corps commander Lt-Gen S A Hasnain had told meadia recently.
Antony, on his part, said though there was "remarkable improvement" in the ground situation in J&K but "inimical forces across the border are trying 24x7" to push as many militants as possible into the state. "We have to be very vigilant," he said.

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