NE Exodus: Govt bans bulk SMSes; social media sites come under scanner

NE Exodus: Govt bans bulk SMSes; social media sites come under scanner

The government has imposed a ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes for a period of 15-days in an attempt to stem the spread of rumours that sparked an exodus of North Eastern people from some states. The decision comes in view of reports that SMSes and MMSes having misleading information about the Assam violence and threats to NE people were being widely circulated. The ban, placed last week, bars users from sending more than five messages in one go and not more than 20KB of data. Union home secretary RK [...]
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