The Jammu and Kashmir Police (Cyber) has registered a case against several people for using virtual private networks (VPN ) applications to bypass the embargo on social media sites.
“Taking serious note of misuse of social media, the cyber police station in Kashmir has registered a case against various social media users who defied government orders and misused social media platforms,” a police spokesman said.
“There have been continuous reports of misuse of social media sites by miscreants to propagate secessionist ideology and to promote unlawful activities,” he said.
After the ban on social media sites, several Internet users in Kashmir installed VPNs to access the social media sites which have been blacklisted. On its part, the administration created firewall to block the VPNs, but with innumerable VPNs available online, the measure could not stop users from accessing social media.