Know how Punjab Police is fighting Covid-19 misinformation on the web

Punjab Police is fighting a war on the internet, but this time it is against rumour-mongers spreading misinformation on Covid-19 on the web and social media.
Cops have requested the Centre for jamming access to 45 links indulging in false propaganda after the social media platforms failed to take action them within the mandated 36 hours of notices being issued to them by the state.
As per DGP Dinkar Gupta, the state has blocked a total of 121 links and URLs which were involved in spreading false propaganda in the state. Central government’s intervention has been sought in 45 cases. A letter has been sent to the Cyber Law Division of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology to initiate the action.
So far Facebook has blocked 47, Twitter has blocked 52, YouTube has blocked 21 and one account from Instagram. In addition, 292 more such links carrying malicious content have been sent to social media platforms for blocking it, said the DGP.
Taking stringent action, the police have also issued a look-out circular for one Satwinder Singh, currently residing in Vienna (Austria). Satwinder alias Sam Thind was allegedly responsible for posting fake videos and refraining people in Punjab from going to hospitals for treatment.
The lookout notice seeks to block his entry and to arrest him as soon as he sets foot in the country.
The anchors of FASTWAY TV USA and FASTWAY NEWS have been booked for trying to spread misleading facts about ASHA workers, following directions from Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to initiate stringent action against miscreants based in foreign countries if they try to vitiate the atmosphere in Punjab with false propaganda and fake information.
In another objectionable video was uploaded to incite public in the name of “human organ trade during COVID-19”. A wave of misinformation is being spread through various social media platforms that doctors and para-medics are falsely declaring people COVID Positive and then they are taking out their organs for monetary benefits.
The State Cyber Crime Cell, Punjab, has also appealed to the people not to share any kind of unverified and unauthentic posts, news, videos or stories regarding Covid-19 on social media platforms, in the interest of the safety, security and maintenance of public order in the State of Punjab.
The Chief Minister had ordered the crackdown amid widespread rumour-mongering and spread of fake news.