India has over 200 million WhatsApp users.
WhatsApp group administrators can be sent to jail, if a member of their group spreads offensive posts, rumours & fake news.
Ambikesh Mahapatra and Subrata Sengupta, Jadavpur, April 2012:
Jadavpur university professor Ambikesh Mahapatra & his neighbour Subrata Sengupta were arrested for allegedly circulating a cartoon that lampooned West Bengal chief minister Mamta Banerjee.
Section 66A of India's Information Technology Act prohibits the sending of information of a “grossly offensive” or “menacing” nature through computers and communication devices.
The interpretation of offense or menace "seditious"," communally sensitive” or abusive is left to state & local law enforcement.
Class XI student, Rampur, March 2015: A teenage student of Class 11 was arrested and sent to jail for allegedly posting on Facebook "objectionable" comments attributed to Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan
Indians are arrested for posting controversial remarks or photos, for sharing, or even being tagged to a seditious post on Facebook.
Devu Chodankar, Goa, May 2014: Ship-building professional Chodankar was booked for posting a comment against Modi on Facebook.
Police filed an FIR against him under sections 153(A) and 295(A) of the IPC and section 125 of the Representation of the People's Act and 66(A) of the IT Act., as part of a "larger game plan to promote communal and social disharmony in the state".
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