“Where Digital Innovation Meets Human Sensitivity — Uttar Pradesh Police!”
Two pioneering initiatives of Uttar Pradesh Police — UP Police Fact Check and Meta Suicidal Alert — have been honoured with the prestigious The Economic Times GovTech Awards 2026 🏅
Launched in 2017,
@UPPViralCheck is the country’s first police-run fact-check platform, dedicated to swiftly countering rumours and misinformation spreading on social media and delivering accurate information to the public. To date, 236 fact-checks and rebuttals have been issued from this handle, while police units across 75 districts have collectively released approximately 4,100 rebuttals — and 318 FIRs have been registered against those found spreading false information.
#UPPolice is the world’s first police agency to deploy the Meta Suicidal Alert initiative — using social media as a tool to actively save lives. Through this technology-driven yet deeply compassionate system, 2,181 lives (1,667 men and 514 women) have been successfully protected so far.
Inspired by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath ji’s vision of technology-driven good governance, and under the able guidance of Director General of Police Uttar Pradesh Shri Rajeev Krishna, Uttar Pradesh Police is carving out a distinct national identity through tech-enabled, sensitive, and people-centric policing.
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