You will get
a Police warning for WhatsApp Group admins
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The police of Maharashtra are issuing
warnings to 'admins' of WhatsApp Groups that they should ensure that no objectionable
content is circulated on the group. Admins or administrators are the ones who
control, who can be part of a WhatsApp chatting group. Multiple persons can be
admins for one group that you know.
They have issued a letter to all police
stations, asking them to summon WhatsApp group admins in their areas in person,
and tell them that they should avoid such content in the group. Parbhani Sub
Divisional Police Officer Sanjay Pardeshi told over phone today.
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"We are asking group admins to monitor
the content the members post," as they said. Posts on WhatsApp groups
should not have any derogatory content text, audio or pictures & video
clips about iconic or historical figures, places of worship, anything that may
hurt religious sentiments, or anything promoting sedition or social disharmony,
says the letter sent by the authorities to police stations in the district.
If any admin finds such a post on the group,
it should be reported to police, Pardeshi said. District Superintendent of
Police Dilip Zalke told that police took this step after incidents of
defamatory content going viral through WhatsApp were reported recently. Even to
forward such a content is a crime, he said.
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If Any Objectionable or Harmful to Society
content is found to be circulated on a WhatsApp group, offences under the IPC
as well as the Information Technology Act will be registered, Pardeshi said.
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