Hoax calls is a serious threat to aviation security. This is happening largely from Khalistani elements staying in Canada.USA & Uk. These calls / messages/ emails are coming by using social platforms including X, Meta etc. All these platforms are stationed in USA and operating in the world.
Social platforms including X, Meta must extend cooperation with countries like India in ensuring that posts such as hoax threats, radicalising youth in the name of religion , cryptocurrency are curbed ruthlessly. Further fake accounts on these platforms are galore. These need to be eliminated. Moreover, each account must be verified & only the allowed to participate. Rules against these posts which prevail in countries including US, Canada etc must be adhered for India and other countries as well. Otherwise it amounts to State-sponsored creation of anarchy in emerging economies. Last measure would be to impose severe restrictions by India. Many countries including China, Brazil have banned these platforms.
Today Indis is the victim of this prank. Shortly the same situation would be of many other countries including so called advanced countries. In ensuring aviation security each and every country must actively participate & support all measures to curb this practice. In case there is any disaster, citizens from several countries would be adversely affected.
In fact, today all airports and airlines take stringent steps to ensure maximum security of the aircraft. So nothing unusual is likely to happen. But still the planes are being diverted for double checking. This is resulting into financial losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Let’s hope wiser sense would prevail on owners of social platforms to take serious steps against these pranks.
