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August 13, 2015 06:27
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If you are reading this, you are most probably a WhatsApp Group admin or at least a WhatsApp user. It is time to know that you can be a witness to offensive or provocative nature of several messages that pop in your WhatsApp groups, that you are a part of. The real world sequences tend to force you to take this seriously rather than dismissing them as rumors.

Group admins booked in cases of offensive messages

In Maharashtra the WhatsApp Group admins were booked for cases of offensive messages on WhatsApp. Most recently, Muzaffarnagar Police registered a case against the administrator of a WhatsApp Group for allegedly posting messages that are hurting the religious sentiments of a particular community.

Vague existing laws in India

According to cyber law experts and law enforcement agencies, the existing laws for attributing responsibility for such messages are not clear. A trend of booking cases against WhatsApp Group Admins has begun with police registering few such cases. Probably the lack of clear laws leaves the scope for misuse.

Think twice before you forward any message in WhatsApp

Think twice before you forward any offensive image, video or joke related to celebrities, politicians or anyone for that matter. It is not fun anymore as you could be booked by police for the same.

According to the police, the person can be arrested for any such act, unless he or she is able to prove the chain of receiving messages.

Earlier, Ulhasnagar police have arrested few for attacking a cloth merchant for allegedly deleting them from a WhatsApp group. All these incidents besides unclear laws are definitely warning signs to WhatsApp Group admins and WhatsApp users.

-Sumana

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