MANSEHRA: People from various segments of society, including local government representatives, on Tuesday demanded of the police and the Federal Investigation Agency`s Cybercrime Wing to take action against fake social media accounts allegedly uploading `obscene` and pornographic content.

`We demand immediate and strict action against the gangs blackmailing youth through social media locally and continuing to upload child pornographic videos on various platforms,` Tahir Khan Swati, chairman of Chajar Syedain Village Council, told a jirga at the tehsil council hall in Oghi.

The participants voiced concern over the recent uploading of `obscene` video clips featuring young boys and said those involved in such crimes often escaped justice.

`Respectable citizens are also being targeted, trolled and humiliated through false content posted onfake Facebook and other socialmedia accounts,` Mr Swati said.

He added that some youth had even helped police arrest a gang that blackmailed local boys.

`When their demands were not fulfilled, such gangs uploaded manipulated video content through fake accounts here,` he said.

Resident Moman Khan Usmani said that Oghi police had arrested such a group and seized around 450 `obscene` video clips, which was an alarming situation for the community.

`If law-enforcement agencies do not immediately crack down on these fake social media accounts, we will take to the streets and block Milad Chowk,` he warned.

The jirga also formed a committee comprising chairmen of all 38 village councils in Oghi tehsil to expel those putting obscene, child pornographic and misleading content on social media platforms explicitly and implicitly. Correspondent