whatsup admins responsible for offensive posts,its under cybercrime

Whatsup objective on offensive comments and post

According to a PTI report a joint order issued by the District Magistrate of Varanasi, Mr Yogeshwar Ram Mishra and Senior Superintendent of Police Nitin Tiwari says that any factually incorrect or misleading post on a social media group could result in an FIR against the group administrator.

As per the order if any fake news is posted on the group by any member thatcan lead to religious clashes or disharmony, the group admin should immediately deny the news and remove the member. And any such post must also be reported to the nearest police station so that action can be taken against the involved member.
However if the group admin is unable to do so, he’ll be held responsible for the act. “In the event of inaction from the group admin, he or she will be considered guilty and action will be taken against the group admin,” it said.

As per the order social media group administrators should be ready to shoulder the responsibility and take ownership of the groups and must include only those members who are personally known to them.
“There are several groups on social media which are named on news groupsand also groups with other names whichare propagating news and information which is not authentic. These are being forwarded without cross checking,” it said.
The order was issued on Wednesday and it states that while freedom of expression on social media is important,the responsibility that comes with it should also be looked after.