UP to have 'labs' for policing social media

May 13, 2015 10:29

Realising that social media with its massive reach and lightning speed has the potential "to affect law and order", especially in sensitive areas, Akhilesh Yadav government is setting up two 'laboratories' to be manned by the police to monitor content and prevent any trouble.

"The (Uttar Pradesh) government has sanctioned two social media labs in Lucknow and Meerut and work is on for setting them up very soon, may be within two months," ADG (Traffic) Anil Agarwal, who is looking after all the IT projects of the state police, told PTI.

The officers and Sub-inspectors, who will operate these labs, have been trained by experts of Indian Institutes of Information Technology, he said.

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