The Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (APCID) Additional Director General S. Sanjay warned that the department will attach the properties of social media offenders in the State, if they are found to have committed crimes by resorting to abusive, provocative and unacceptable language.
Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat at Velagapudi on Wednesday along with Cybercrime SP Harsha Vardhan, Mr. Sanjay said that they have been monitoring social media accounts which have been targeting the judiciary, government, political parties and women in the State.
Mr. Sanjay explained that the CID had removed more than 1,450 abusive postings in 2022 and the number increased to 2,164 this year (2023). A total of 1,465 social media accounts are being monitored this year, he added. In the recent past, social media trolls posting abusive content against the judiciary were identified and action initiated against these accounts, he added.
