SC/ST dept. offices flooded with calls after fake news
The Hindu
Dept. clarifies as news about a govt.-funded gadget distribution scheme for students is widely circulated over social media
For days together, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe development offices across the State were bombarded with enquiries over a non-existent scheme providing free gadgets for students belonging to those communities to help them with their online education. It was apparently triggered by a fake news widely circulated over social media. It emerged that a message about an initiative restricted to Palakkad by the MLA concerned was tweaked, either deliberately or inadvertently, to give the impression that it was a State-wide programme funded by the government. As it reached a point where it appeared that the potential beneficiaries may risk coming to the offices braving lockdown restrictions, the department on Tuesday issued a circular asking people not to fall for it.More Related News
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