Manipur bans sharing of videos or photos of violence on social media

Amid the ethnic conflict, the Manipur government on Wednesday banned the spread of videos and pictures depicting violence on social media. 

It noted that it had taken cognisance of reports that such pictures were allegedly being spread to “facilitate and/or to mobilise mobs of agitators and demonstrators, which may aggravate the law and order situation in the State”. 

Violators will be booked and prosecuted without any exceptions, the government said, also encouraging the general public to be aware of such persons and report them to the police with information they might have.