UP social media policy: Anti-national posts can attract life sentence

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved a social media policy to regulate content on platforms like X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The policy introduces strict penal actions against social media users who share objectionable content, including anti-national posts.

UP social media policy: The Uttar Pradesh government wants to curb objectionable content on social media.

The policy mandates a jail sentence ranging from three years to a life term for social media users who are found guilty of posting anti-national content.