
WhatsApp, Facebook Group Admins Can Go To Jail For Offensive Posts HIGHLIGHTS Varanasi administration issues new order on social media posts Says group administrators liable for content posted by other users Content that can spark tension must be countered and reported to police. WhatsApp and Facebook group admins beware. A rumour, a fake news story or even videos deemed offensive posted on the group can now land you in jail, says a new government order issued in Varanasi. Responding to concerns over the misuse of social media to publish fake news, morphed photographs and videos with fabricated narratives that can trigger tension and even communal rift in an area, the local administration in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency has come up with the order. Issued jointly by the District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police, the order says that any factually incorrect post, rumour or misleading information on a social media group could result in an FIR ...