Police target social media users for spreading false information

Inspector General Joseph Boinnet address members of the press on security situation across the country. Photo by WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD

Police have started a crackdown on social media users it accuses of spreading false information about Chase Bank two days after the troubled lender was placed under receivership over insider lending.

Yesterday, the police arrested David Mukunzi in a move that caused uproar among social media users who accused the Government of knee-jerk reactions and scapegoating.