Chandigarh, Feb. 17 -- Tightening the noose over the illegal, objectionable and misleading activities on social media and digital platforms, as many as 2,052 links and profiles were monitored in past one month and 1,616 objectionable content were removed or blocked in Haryana, said police.

Under the campaign, conducted in collaboration with the Union ministry of electronics and information technology, 125 fake trading and investment apps were also identified and 88 removed from digital platforms.

As part of this drive, a cyber team is identifying social media posts, videos, links, and profiles on a daily basis that contain misleading information, provocative language or content capable of disturbing public peace. In such cases, notices ...