Tejashwi Yadav took a swipe at Nitish Kumar over the Bihar government s order on social media
New Delhi:
Nitish Kumar, who has often displayed a short fuse when it comes to criticism on social media, has ordered action against offensive posts against his government in Bihar. Bihar s Economic Offences wing, the agency in charge of cybercrimes, has asked all state departments to report any defamatory, wrong posts against ministers, MPs, MLAs or officials.
Soon after the decision came to light this morning, opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav threw up the first challenge, with an all-out attack on Twitter dubbing Nitish Kumar as the
Constructive Criticism Only : Nitish Kumar s Damage Control On New Order Constructive Criticism Only : Nitish Kumar s Damage Control On New Order Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had yesterday ordered the police to act against those who criticise ministers, MLAs, and other officials on social media.
Offensive social media posts have been brought under cybercrime in Bihar now.
Highlights
State police s Economic Offenses Wing will look into offensive posts
Bihar has rarely acted against offensive views, comments on the internet
Patna:
The Bihar government today went into damage-control mode over its order bringing offensive and defamatory social media posts against it, its ministers, and other officials, under the category of cybercrime. The state police today issued a clarification about the move saying that constructive criticism was welcome and only posts spreading rumours and using insulting language would be targeted.