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Facebook, Whatsapp admins, beware. Bihar police's impossible rules can land you in jail

Off late, the Darbhanga police has been facing law and order situation due to circulation of fake, objectionable, and factually incorrect content on Whatsapp. Being a group admin on social media  platforms like Whatsapp  and Facebook could turn out to be a nightmare for people in Bihar. It may sound a bit bizarre but is true. If you are living in Bihar and an administrator of any  Whatsapp or Facebook  group, you are not only under police scrutiny 24x7 but also stand a chance to be prosecuted.   Off late, the Darbhanga police has been facing law and order situation due to circulation of fake, objectionable, and factually incorrect content on Whatsapp. This in turn has triggered tensions among different religious sections. Therefore, the police administration has now come out with a diktat to crack down on admins of these groups. "Recently, we have seen many objectionable content being circulated on Whatsapp and Facebook leading to communal tension in t...