New Delhi, June 27: Trying to prevent"misuse" of social media in flaring up passions, Jammu and Kashmir Police has sounded out the Union Information and Technology department for blocking pages on social networking sites reportedly found spreading false propaganda after the Dastgeer Sahab (RA) shrine fire.
According to a request received by the Information and Technology Department, the state police gave addresses of some pages of social networking site Facebook allegedly spreading"rumours and false information apparently to disrupt normal life in the Valley" after the revered 200-year-old shrine was gutted down on Monday.
During the summer unrest in 2010, some persons took to the social networking sites to spread information about police firing and stone pelting in a virulent manner.
However, taking a cue from the past, the state government didn"™t want to take any chances and made an immediate request to the Government of India"™s IT department for blocking such pages and persons.
"The pages showed some offensive pictures of Kashmir Valley accompanied by anti-national and provocative slogans after the shrine was destroyed in the fire," a police official said.
The authorities were worried about its potential to disrupt law and order in the Valley, he said.
The social networking site was also quick enough in its response in blocking these pages, sources said.