Centre blocks 14 mobile messenger apps being used by terrorist groups
May 1, 2023, 13:03 IST
- The Central government has blocked 14 mobile messenger applications being used by terror groups, sources said.
- These applications were mostly being used by Over Ground Workers of different terrorist organisations based in Jammu and Kashmir to spread the message and to receive notifications from Pakistan.
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New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): In another major step to curb terror activities, the Central government has blocked 14 mobile messenger applications being used by terror groups, sources said.It is learnt that these applications were mostly being used by Over Ground Workers of different terrorist organisations based in Jammu and Kashmir to spread the message and to receive notifications from Pakistan.
The action was taken based on intelligence inputs shared with the Central government in a secret communication recently.
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As per sources, the majority of these mobile applications are specially designed to maintain the anonymity of the users as well as their inbuilt features also make it difficult in finding out the entities associated with them.
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As inputs received that these applications are being used to further terror propaganda and incite youths in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government blocked them under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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