342 people held in a year for circulating fake info on Covid: Cyber Police

The Maharashtra cyber police has arrested 342 people since the beginning of the pandemic last year for circulating misinformation, including in the form of social media posts, creating panic or peddling fake cures related to Covid-19.

Besides, the cyber police managed to get 138 posts deleted during the past year.

When it came to social media platforms, Facebook and WhatsApp topped the list of outlets used to spread misinformation, with 344 and 316 cases registered respectively. Twitter and Instagram had 26 and 34 cases respectively of their platform being used to spread fake information, according to findings of the statistics shared by the Maharashtra Cyber police for offences registered till Sunday.