India, July 3 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed "deep" concerns to Union home minister Amit Shah over the rising cases of cybercrimes and increased provocative content on social media, pressing for stringent legal provisions against such acts.

She said that the proliferation of provocative content on some sections of social media platforms and the alarming rise in cybercrime are posing as serious challenges to public peace and the social fabric of the nation.

"In recent times, it has been observed that incendiary narratives, misleading stories, and fake videos circulating on social media are contributing significantly to the aggravation of criminal tendencies among certain sections of society,' she said.

Banerjee ...