Police said many VPN users were trying to stir trouble in Kashmir and were liable to face action. "We have identified 100 social media users and are in the process of identifying more users for misuse of social media, for disseminating fake and false secessionist, anti-India propaganda," said Kashmir cyber police chief Tahir Ashraf. Police have filed a case against social media users who are using proxy servers to access messaging networks and stir up anti-India propaganda, a spokesman said. Through VPNs, users can route the data connection of a smartphone or a laptop through a private server instead of the local internet service provider's network. A Jammu and Kashmir telecom official said teams of software engineers were working to disrupt VPNs use in Kashmir.

Source: bd News24 February 19, 2020 06:45 UTC