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Cobrapost sting: FIR lodged against IT firms
November 30, 2013
Police today lodged an FIR against some IT firms on a complaint based on the sting operation by news portal
Cobrapost, which had claimed misuse of social media platforms during online campaigning for elections.
The FIR was lodged by IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who alleged that many IT companies were making "criminal" and "improper" use of social platforms like Facebook, Twitter,Youtube etc to sway the minds of common people and electorate to cheat them, police said.