Cybercrime police miffed over delay in response by Google, Facebook over platform misuse enquiries

Bengaluru | Mumbai: Police probing cybercrime in at least three South Indian states have raised concerns over what they allege is a slow response by leading internet and social networking companies such as Google, Facebook and GoDaddy to enquiries seeking evidence against individuals who misuse their platforms.
In Bengaluru, the cybercrime police, which has seen cases of crime using social media accounts triple in the past two years, is contemplating including Facebook as an ‘accused’ in cases where there is a delayed response from it. “We reach out to Facebook to either delete the fake account or to pull down derogatory profiles or posts. The website, however, does not respond to us immediately,” Ravi Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (crime), who is in-charge of the cybercrime police station told ET. “If Facebook continues to remain non-cooperative, we will book them too.