CPI(M) cautions against pro-party ‘fan pages’
The Hindu
Party flags possibility of mafia infiltration into social media messaging
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has reportedly woken up to a relatively new threat; persons with criminal links running trendy pro-party ‘fan pages’ on social media possibly to attract potential recruits for their illegal purposes. Court filings by the Customs (Preventive) had revealed that at least two DYFI workers who ran viral pro-CPI(M) pages on Facebook were high on their wanted list in a gold smuggling case. They had used CPI(M) iconography to project their accounts as genuine.More Related News
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