'Social media has power to play with minds'
Shimla: Social media has the power to play with the minds of people and management of perception through it is difficult to control, a senior police official said on Thursday.
In his address at the inaugural of two-day 46th All India Police Science Congress here, Bureau of Police Research and Development Director General A.P. Maheshwari said that social media has the power to make ingress into the human mind and practically control it.
The theme of the session was "Social media and law enforcement".
Data from social media is harvested using different applications and is used for marketing, while fake news is used to spread narratives with the help of these bots, he said.
Delegates in the session raised issues for bringing out legal provisions to deal with challenges arising from social media.
Discussion on crypto-currency and its challenges were also held.
Forensic Services PwC Executive Director Krishna Sastry Pandyala said crypto-currencies are digital currencies that rely on the principles of cryptography to regulate the creation of the currency as well as the validation of transactions using this currency.
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Court postpones Revanna’s bail plea hearing in kidnap case to Monday
The hearing of H D Revanna’s bail plea for the alleged kidnap of a rape victim from K R Nagar in Mysore has been postponed to Monday.
The Bengaluru Special Court for People’s Representatives, which heard lengthy arguments and counter arguments in the case on Thursday, postponed the hearing to May 13 for further enquires. This has been a blow to the Former Minister who was expecting a bail. Revanna will be spending the week in Parappana Agrahara now.
