Offensive WhatsApp posts can now land group administrator in jail

[Anup Tiwari]

VARANASI: Think twice before becoming administrator of a group on WhatsApp or Facebook as one is liable for prosecution if any rumour or fake news is circulated on it.

Social media platforms allow a person to create a group on which members can share views, photographs or videos.

Concerns have been raised about social media misuse as fake news, morphed photographs and disturbing videos with fabricated local narratives can easily be circulated that can trigger tension and even communal rift in an area.
WhatsApp: Offensive WhatsApp posts can now land group administrator in jail, Telecom News, ET Telecom

 

[sumitroy]

Is it for Varanasi or whole country  :huh

 

[Anup Tiwari]

This is order of Varanasi's DM

 

[kmb1000]

It's like if X person murders someone in the shop then that murdered will be let free and shop owner will be catched and prosecuted. .. what a law... this can happen only in India!

 

[santosh]

It's like if X person murders someone in the shop then that murdered will be let free and shop owner will be catched and prosecuted. .. what a law... this can happen only in India!

Why shop owner would let murderer in ??
Its his responsibility to keep his private place neat

 

[santosh]

Btw ..
If a person is posting something offensive again and again , then admin have two choices , either remove him or land in jail if someone complaints