JK NEWS TODAY
Jammu, December 26: The Jammu and Kashmir government has barred all its employees of all ranks from posting any inflammatory message on social media.
This communication issued in accordance with the amendment to the rules of conduct governing the state government employees says , “No government employee shall engage in any criminal, dishonest, immoral or notoriously disgraceful conduct on social media which may be prejudicial to the Government.”
This government order came in the wake of sections of employees particularly middle-rung officials indulging in political activities and spreading disgraceful messages on social media .
The order read : “They shall also not use their personal social media accounts for any political activity or endorse the posts or tweets or blogs of any political figure and also shall not use their accounts in a manner that could reasonably be construed to imply that the Government endorses or sanctions their personal activities in any matter whatsoever.”
“They shall also not post any inflammatory, extraneous messages in an online community with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal, on topic discussion”.
