[ by Kavita Krishnan ]The Hyderabad Police cybercrime unit has slapped criminal cases against Facebook owned Whatsapp, Twitter and Tik Tok for allegedly spreading fake anti-national messages thereby spreading hatred in the country via their platforms.Journalist Silveri Srishailam filed a petition in a Nampally criminal court and sought action against these three social media apps. According...
The Hyderabad Police cybercrime unit has slapped criminal cases against Facebook owned Whatsapp, Twitter and Tik Tok for allegedly spreading fake anti-national messages thereby spreading hatred in the country via their platforms.
Journalist Silveri Srishailam filed a petition in a Nampally criminal court and sought action against these three social media apps. According to the allegations, more than 1,200 groups were created after the protests against CAA, NRC and NPR began in the country.
The respondents in this case are Twitter Communications India Ltd. and its India MD Mahesh Maheshwari; WhatsApp Inc. and its India Head Abhijit Bose; Tik Tok and its head Nikhil Gandhi.
In India, WhatsApp has 400 million users, while Tik Tok has crossed 200 million users and Twitter has nearly 35 million users.
The cases were registered against the management of the social media firms under several sections including Indian Penal Code sections – 153A, 121A, 294A, 295A, 120B and under the Information Technology Act 2000.