AP’s Minor party (a party without enough representation in Assembly)YSRCP Runs a Massive Online Troll Network in Andhra Pradesh is running a huge network of over 50,000 online trollers from its headquarters in Tadepalli. These trollers viciously attack anyone who criticizes their leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, bombarding them with abusive posts, vulgar morphed photos, and vulgar videos.
Police Have Issued Notices to Hundreds in the Troll Network
involved in this organized network of online abuse. This ‘cyber psycho’ group is being run systematically from the YSRCP’s Tadepalli office, with coordinators and co-coordinators appointed at the state, district, and mandal levels.
Vulgar Content, Morphed Images Spread Across Social Media
These trollers (including movie celebrities like Ramgopal Varma) create and circulate obscene photos, videos, and posts targeting Jagan’s critics, including former CM Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan, and even Jagan’s own sister YS Sharmila and mother YS Vijayamma . The content is generated at hubs in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and even abroad, then pushed across WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram via this vast network.
Police Initiate Action Under Stringent Laws , Authorities are now cracking down on this organized network of online abuse, recognizing it as more dangerous than extremists. They are exploring invoking the stringent POCSO Act against the group for creating and spreading child sexual abuse material targeting women. Penalties can include heavy fines up to ₹10 lakhs.
-Sanyogita