ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan government has issued an order barring all government employees from using social media without permission to stop disclosure of official information and documents, The News International reported. According to an office memorandum issued by the Establishment Division, government employees have been asked to adhere to the instruction under the Government Servants […]
SRINAGAR — In order to uphold the sanctity of the electoral process, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has laid down various guidelines for the print, electronic and social media ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024. These guidelines have been issued in the interest of transparency, the Commission said. The ECI reiterated […]
ANKARA — Turkey has blocked access to social media platform Instagram, the infotech regulator said on Friday, without stating a reason or duration for the ban, which also left the platform’s mobile app inaccessible. The move follows comments on Wednesday by Turkish communications official Fahrettin Altun, criticising the platform for what he called its decision […]
NEW DELHI — People are more likely to trust doctors and scientists, while their faith in public health agencies and social media is much less, finds a study. The study, conducted at the University of Florida examined the factors fuelling this mistrust and explored potential solutions. The team analysed responses from 5,842 adults in the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The police in Handwara have successfully resolved a case of honey-trapping by arresting three individuals who had been posing as a girl on Facebook to deceive and extort money from victims. In a statement, the police said that the incident came to light when Vilgam Police Station received a complaint regarding the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Srinagar Police on Thursday took cognizance of the incident of posting of sensitive content against religious sentiments of a particular community by some individuals on a Social Media platform. Police said that they have registered an FIR No. 29/2024 u/s 299, 196, and 353 (2) of BNS in Police Station Shaheedganj […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Cyber Police Kashmir on Thursday said that they have arrested four persons in two separate cases involving the circulation of ‘obscene content’ and ‘harassment’ on Social Media. “In one case, Sheikh Muqadas Rafiq of Gulab Bagh, Srinagar, was arrested. In the second case, Junaid Hussain of Sonwar, Iflah Mir of Bagh-e-Mehtab, and […]
NEW DELHI — Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that his X social media platform has reached 600 million monthly active users (MAUs). Musk, who acquired the platform in 2022 for $44 billion, is making it an “everything app” where people can post movies and TV shows and also make digital payments. “X has […]
SRINAGAR — Police in central Kashmir’s Budgam district have booked a social media user for allegedly posting a video containing doctored/fake footage of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on social media. A top official told Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com that it has been reliably learned that a post containing the ‘fake/doctored’ […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday appealed to the public to be vigilant against ‘mischievous’ persons posting their photos with Director General of Police and other officers on social media platforms without permission. “It has come to the notice that some persons who have photographs along with DGP, J&K or with […]