Additional Director General (Headquarters) Jitendra Kumar said ‘constructive criticism was welcome’. It is definitely a proactive measure by the Bihar Police to come out with a policy for making ‘offensive’ social media posts against government ,could attract under the act of cybercrime.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has often spoken out against the “disinformation” being spread about his government. He has also urged his supporters not to believe social media posts.
This came a day after the Bihar government decided that defamatory and offensive social media posts against ministers, parliamentarians and other officials will be categorised as cybercrimes.
It has recently come to light that some people and organisations have been making offensive social media posts against the government, ministers, legislators, members of the Parliament and government officials,” Khan wrote in his letter to government secretaries. “This is against the law and comes under the category of cybercrime.
There will strict action may be taken only against social media posts that use “insulting language” to spread rumours. “Criticism is healthy for democracy,” Additional Director General (Headquarters) Jitendra Kumar says, criticism must be constructive and the language used must fall within the norms of decency. This advisory was issued keeping in mind rumours and factually incorrect information and involving the use of insulting language on social media – these are punishable offences under the IT Act.
