(SPAM) All India Police notification termed Cyber Crime
This is a false news. There is nothing called All India Police and all the restrictions mentioned are against constitutional rights in India. More info at this article.
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Below post has been circulating on social media.
Don’t forward any posts or videos etc., u receive regarding politics/present situation about Government/PM etc.
All India Police have put out a notification termed ..Cyber Crime … and action will be taken…just delete…inform your friends & others too.
Writing or forwarding any msg on any political & religious debate is an offence now….arrest without warrant…
This is very serious, plz let it be known to all our groups and individual members and admin can b in deep trouble. Even let it be in foreign country or anywhere in world.
Please take note of this seriously.
Verification:
First of all there is nothing called “All India Police”. This post is against the freedom of speech of an individual. He/she has all rights to talk about politics or his/her view points about any subject under the freedom of speech constitutional right. Its the common rules of any penal acts that will apply like case of defamation, hate speech etc.
Please read the below article to understand more about IT act 2000 and a few selection sections and case studies.
IT Act 2000 – Penalties, Offences With Case Studies
http://niiconsulting.com 24 June 2014
References:
List of sections of Indian Penal Code
Wikipedia
Information Technology Act, 2000
Wikipedia
We want to bring to your notice about Section 66A and the actions which occurred in India around it.
Police had used Section 66A of IT Act to arrest people for their posts on social media.
As on March 2015, Supreme Court had called Section 6A of IT Act as unconstitutional and had striken it down.
Supreme Court strikes down Section 66A of IT Act which allowed arrests for objectionable content online
Times of India | Amit Choudhary & Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN | Updated: Mar 24, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
Having said that, since the Supreme Court struck down Section 66-A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, other penal sections of IT Act and sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 may still apply for handling offence on social media and provisions vary according to the crime.
Please do read about a few cases which had happened in India over the past.
Arrests over Facebook posts
Outrage Over Arrest of Class 11 Student for Facebook Post Attributed to UP Minister Azam Khan
NDTV | Reported by Niha Masih, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Updated: March 19, 2015 00:27 IST
India student jailed over Facebook post
BBC | 18 March 2015
Kashmiri man ‘liked, shared anti-India’ Facebook posts, arrested
Indian Express | Written by Dipankar Ghose , Milind Ghatwai | Raipur/ Bhopal | Updated: August 5, 2016 7:39 am
Facebook trouble: 10 cases of arrests under Sec 66A of IT Act
Hindustan Times | Updated: Mar 24, 2015 12:30 IST
Bengal: Man arrested for ‘defamatory Facebook post’ against Trinamool leader
India Today | Kolkata, February 6, 2016 | UPDATED 16:47 IST
Modi-baiter in Goa faces arrest for Facebook comment
Time of India | May 23, 2014, 06.40 PM IST
…and many more
WhatsApp admins booked
The case where whatsapp admins were booked for a case. Please read more about that story at the link below.
If you are a WhatsApp Group Admin, better be careful
The Hindu | Pune Aug 12, 2015
Update (20th April 2017)
Around 20th April 2017 in Varanasi, in a joint order issued by District Magistrate Yogeshwar Ram Mishra and Senior Superintendent of Police Nitin Tiwari, it has been made clear that any factually incorrect, rumour or misleading information on a social media group could result in an FIR against the group administrator. KINDLY NOTE THIS ORDER IS ONLY FOR VARANASI.
Read more at
Offensive WhatsApp posts can land group admin in jail
Economic Times | April 20, 2017, 18:03 IST
Post date: 16 Dec 2016
Post ID: #1725
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