The District Magistrate (DM) Shopian, Faz Lul Haseeb  today issued an order asking the netizens in the district to refrain from all sorts of misuse of social-media networking platforms.

The DM issued this order after it has been observed that some anti-national persons or groups are resorting to misuse of social-media networking platforms on internet by ‘posting’ or ‘spreading’ or ‘propagating’ by way of ‘forwarding’ or ‘sharing’ incendiary messages and propaganda of terrorist and separatist outfits.

Such activities, the order reads, are being carried out with intention to glorify terrorists and their actions, intimidate and terrorise individuals or general public or sections of public,  exhort member(s) of public to resort to violence by inciting, encouraging and spreading disaffection/hatred, propagate terrorist and secessionist ideology and false narratives,  and promoting fell of hatred, ill-will on religious ground which is likely to disturb public order and tranquillity.