Agencies against Khalistani-Atki-Gangster to anti-nationals are strict, an eye on social media, AI also used

National Investigation Agency (NIA)

After the Pahalgam attack in the country, strict steps are being taken against terrorism. Due to this, agencies are constantly tightening screws on people who have been poisoned against the country. Special monitoring is being kept on the social media account that spread hatred and posting anti -national.

Agencies are constantly taking action on these social media accounts running from outside the country. NIA is in constant action to deal with this cyber war. In view of national security, a team of NIA is constantly monitoring such content on social media.

NIA keeping an eye

AI tools are also being used for monitoring. Through this, traitor content, terrorist publicity, fake news, rumor, communal hatred or pornographic content are identified. Record of post, message, sharing history, IP address of suspected account is prepared.

Screenshots, links and technical metadata are saved, so that the courts or companies can later be shown. The agency sends a blocking request to social media company like Meta, X, YouTube, Telegram. These requests are usually made under different sections of Indian law.

Which account on target?

The agency also blocks the account through the Ministry of Home Affairs. What kind of social media account is on the target of NIA. The target of NIA is Khalistani, pro-ISIS, pro-panganda accounts operated from China and Pakistan, gangsters sitting abroad.

How many accounts/URLs were blocked in which year?

1. 2014 – 471
2. 2015 – 500
3. 2016 – 633
4. 2017 – 1,385
5. 2018 – 2,799
6. 2019 – 3,635
7. 2020 – 9,849
8. 2021 – 6,096
9. 2022 – 6,775
10. 2023 – 12,483
11. By 2024 September – 8,821

Platform wise (202124)

1. A total of 4,60011,000 URLs were blocked on Facebook
2. 10,139 URLs were blocked at X (first twitter)
3. 2,200 URLs were blocked on YouTube.
4. 2,198 accounts were blocked on Instagram.
5. Whatsapp & Telegram: Hundreds of accounts/URLs were blocked. Along with this, about 8 thousand Pakistani social media accounts were blocked during Operation Sindoor.