187 social media accounts blocked, 3,200 posts taken down over ‘sensitive, violent’ content: Manipur DGP

Manipur Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh on Monday said that as many as 187 social media pages and accounts have been blocked for sharing allegedly sensitive, violent and communal posts since June 2023.

The DGP also said around 5,406 problematic social media posts have been identified, out of which 3,200 were taken down.

Singh said the action was taken in coordination with the state IT Department and the Centre’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).