Indian authorities have asked platforms to “immediately remove false information” after hundreds of false aerial bomb alerts appeared online.
The Indian government warned social media platforms that they could face “consequential action under the law” after hundreds of false bomb alerts against airlines online this week.
Indian authorities have asked platforms to “quickly remove false information”he indicated, in a statement released Saturday night.
These fake bomb threats”They constitute a potential threat to public order and the security of the State.” and “they also destabilize the economic security of the country,” he added.
The Indian news agency Press Trust of Infia (PTI) reported that at least 275 false bomb threats have been made since mid-October. Other Indian media pointed to a much higher figure, which could reach 400.
Following bomb threats against international flights operated by Indian airlines, the planes had to be divertedspecifically to Canada and Germany, and fighters were sent to escort aircraft, specifically to the airspace of the United Kingdom and Singapore.
Indian civil aviation authorities had to monitor all aircraft affected by a threat. Many of the threats were made in messages published on the social network X.
The Indian Minister of Aviation, Ram Mohan Naidu, predicted last Monday a strengthening of aviation safety laws.
India regularly ranks among the top five countries in the world in terms of the number of requests made by authorities to remove content on social media.
Last year, an Indian court sentenced
Source: Observadora
