Thrissur Pooram: Police depute special team to monitor social media

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the stage set for Thrissur Pooram on Tuesday, the police have set aside a special cyber team to sanitise digital platforms to prevent the dissemination of toxic remarks that could foment communal and political unrest.

According to sources, around 20 officers with digital expertise have been deputed to monitor social media platforms to purge communal messages that could ignite strife. This is the first time the state police is taking such a measure ahead of the Thrissur Pooram, a source told TNIE.