Cops counter fake news using trolls
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Police's social media wing is countering the social media campaigns aim-ed at igniting religious sentiments with rega-rd to Sabarimala issue.
The latest effort is to counter a morphed picture of a Sabarimala devotee being booted by a police personnel. The police social media wing started circulating a meme based on the popular dialogue of actor Fahad Fazil, who plays the role of a studio photographer in the film Maheshinte prathikaram. The photographer used to give stereo type instructions those posing for photos.
This meme is being widely circulated on Facebook and Whats-app for countering the fake pictures being us-ed to trigger the communal sentiments.
The number of followers for the Kerala Police's FB page had drastically increased by about 75,000 after the Sabarimala issue came up. The social media cell has been playing effective role to counter many propaganda. The page at present has over 8.3 lakh followers, which was even higher than the 7.8 lakh followers of New York Police Department's FB page.