510 People Detained Over Coronavirus Posts in 2 Months

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The Ministry of Interior has announced that 510 people have been taken into custody over their allegedly "baseless" and "provocative" social media posts about the coronavirus outbreak in the last 65 days.

In a statement released on the social media account of the Ministry, it has been indicated that "10,111 social media accounts posting provocative messages have been probed in the last 65 days, 1,105 suspects have been identified and 510 persons have been caught."

In its statement dated April 7, the Ministry of Interior announced that 616 people who allegedly shared "provocative" and "baseless" social media posts had been identified and 229 of them were detained.

On March 17, the Ministry said that 93 people had been identified and 19 of them were taken into custody. (EKN/SD)