UP Police deploy 200,000 'digital volunteers' to counter fake news
Even as developers are still grappling with possible web tools to monitor and prevent fake news on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp, Uttar Pradesh Police has raised a network of 200,000 'digital volunteers' to tackle the menace. UP Police, touted as the world’s largest single command police force with headcount of nearly half-million, wants the total strength of these volunteers to cross 365,000 in the state. In the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha poll , there is even greater urgency to weed out the spectre of fake news circulating on social media and rumours being spread by vested interests to disturb peace. All the 1,465 police stations in UP have so far networked over 200,000 digital volunteers drawn from the civil society and comprising teachers, journalists, village heads, doctors, corporators, lawyers, traders, members of civil defence, religious groups etc. Read Complete Article Business Standard