In the past couple of months there has been a spur in the instances of lynching. A number of innocent individuals became victim of hate crimes and public lynching. Most of these cases have their origin based on the forwarded messages on social media. Taking a notice of the rising instances of hate crimes, a limit has been put on the number of times a message is forwarded as well as each forwarded message is marked as such. The Supreme Court had previously taken notice of the issue and had asked the company to take actions to prevent such instances, following which a limit of five times was put on a person forwarding messages.
The Supreme Court taking further cognisance of the matter has issued directives that the whatsapp establishes a grievance office to look into the complaints of the consumers. The Court also directed that the company should follow the RBI directives to know know more about its subscribers (the Know Your Customer-KYC) and also follows all Indian laws on the subject. The company has replied that following the KYC guidelines would infringe the rights off privacy of its consumers.
While the rights of an individual pertaining to privacy and speech and expression are also subjected to certain the restrictions, an action to prevent other innocent victims from hate crimes is also imminent.
The Supreme Court taking further cognisance of the matter has issued directives that the whatsapp establishes a grievance office to look into the complaints of the consumers. The Court also directed that the company should follow the RBI directives to know know more about its subscribers (the Know Your Customer-KYC) and also follows all Indian laws on the subject. The company has replied that following the KYC guidelines would infringe the rights off privacy of its consumers.
While the rights of an individual pertaining to privacy and speech and expression are also subjected to certain the restrictions, an action to prevent other innocent victims from hate crimes is also imminent.
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