Pune Police warn against fake news, urge people to 'verify facts before forwarding'

Pune police department on August 14 issued an visory on various social media platforms warning people against fake news, misinformation, half-truths being shared on WhatsApp. Pune police shared a post titled 'What-A-Siyappa' urged people to t fall for such misinformation or fake news on WhatsApp and also reminded m to verify facts before forwarding. In India, WhatsApp is one of primary sources for spreing misinformation and fake news as many people fall for viral posts and start forwarding it on groups and communities that y are part of without even verifying it. 

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post on Instagram has garnered a few hundred likes since it was shared a few hours ago. Some users commented on post appreciating police department's effort to aware people of misinformation on messaging app. Pune police, like its sister department in Mumbai, keeps sharing posts on various social media platforms in order to aware people and since beginning of pandemic, frequency of such posts has risen. metropolitan department shared a rib-tickling short scene from famous sitcom Friends, to spre an important mess with regard to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on August 13. 

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Magical way to keep cyber threat at bay

Recently, Pune police shared a scene from Harry Potter to urge people to keep ir passwords private and help m keeping cyber threats at bay. Shared on Twitter, deleted scene from Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban showed Professor McGonagall expressing shock over (Neville Longbottom, a student who wrote down all passwords and left te lying around. 

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