Srinagar: District administration in Jammu district has asked the administrators of social media groups like whatsapp to register themselves with the nearest Police station.
“Every social media group administrator shall register his group with SHO, concerned with in two days of issuance of this order”, read the order copy of which is laying with Valley Media Service.
The order has been issued by District Magistrate Ramesh Kumar, on Friday in a bid to counter the rumor mongering following the violence in Jammu post Pulwama attack.
As per the order while mentioning WhatsApp, it has directed that only admins are allowed to post and the admins have been asked to change the settings before February 28.
The order has also directed the admins to report any rumor circulated in his group which can lead to public disorder.