With new ‘IT cell’, Delhi Police to get a social media makeover

To keep tabs on unlawful content as well as for a social media image makeover, the Delhi Police is set to create an “IT cell”, which will have contractual employees — mostly young graduates — with a background in information technology and experience in handling social media.

DCP (Special Branch) Suman Nalwa told The Indian Express that initially, they will start the cell as a pilot project for three months, and go ahead based on the results. “The employees will find and flag unlawful content on social media… and we can take appropriate action against the user. We only look into unlawful content at the Special Branch — posts which might cause a law and order situation in terms of disharmony in society or something that might instigate communal situations,” she said.