India, Feb. 4 -- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has so far forwarded 43,004 pieces of "misleading and manipulative" content to social media platforms for legal action.

Responding to a question, the minister of state (MoS) for finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, informed the Parliament that the content pieces were flagged for spreading "misleading/ manipulative/ unlawful" information pertaining to securities. The data pertained to the period ending January 27, 2025.

The MoS also said that SEBI, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), home affairs ministry and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) under the finance ministry have taken multiple steps to protect investors against cybercrimes....