Govt asks Meta, X to share data on hoax bomb-threat calls: Report

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Taking hoax bomb-threat messages and calls seriously, the government has started identifying those behind the menace and asked social media platforms like Meta and X to share data on such messages, sources said.

The government has also asked top multinational technology conglomerates to cooperate with it in helping identifying those behind such hoax calls, saying this involves public good.

Top sources said the government has traced some people who were behind hoax bomb-threat calls targeting airlines and that action is being taken accordingly.

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Category: BusinessFinance

Markets: India

Topics: Meta X Hoax bomb calls Bomb threat calls

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Published On: 2024-10-24 @ 19:17:16 (5 days ago)

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