FIA Hunt for Social Media ‘Hate Culprits’

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Islamabad: Director Cyber Crime of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Waqaruddin Syed, said on Monday that FIA cyber crime is working round-the-clock to apprehend the culprits behind spreading hate material on social media.
The cybercrime is on high alert with the spread of hate material on social media, he said while addressing a press conference flanked by the caretaker federal minister for information and broadcasting Murtaza Solangi.
Director FIA cybercrime Waqaruddin Syed said: “No one would be allowed to create anarchy or malign state and its institutions through malicious campaigns on social media.”
So far, the FIA cybercrime wing has identified more than five hundred accounts and is monitoring many others, he disclosed. The mandate of the joint investigation team is to submit a report in two weeks, he said, adding that the FIA cybercrime wing is working day and night to apprehend the culprits and bring them into the ambit of law.
He stated that the cybercrime wing is monitoring all social media applications and platforms that are being used by individuals to spread venomous and misleading content against state institutions.
The cybercrime wing will not delay any action against those found involved in spreading hate material or running malicious campaigns on social media, he said. He added that all police stations and reporting centers have been directedto take immediate notice and action against those using social media applications and platforms as a weapon for maligning state institutions. He said that cybercrime didn’t have boundaries, and therefore, it is difficult to say at this point whether these accounts were being operated or used within the country or outside the state. He, however, said that the concerned team of the FIA cybercrime wing is working round-the-clock to identify individuals and their locations for further action.
He appealed to the general public to avoid becoming a tool in the hands of such people who spearhead hate material on social media. He vowed to take indiscriminate action against those found involved in such objectionable and heinous activities against state institutions.