In a bid to reduce the spread of fake news in India and stop the mob lynching happening in India at an alarming rate the government have begun a massive clampdown on spread of fake news on social media including whatsapp. This crackdown by the Indian police has already seen a 21 year old student who has already spent 5 months in jail for being the admin of a Whatsapp group in India for spreading what the police called “objectionable content”. It can be recalled that fake whatsapp messages has led to the lynching of many people in India for suspicions of child kidnapping and other reasons.



Junaid Khan a student from the town of Talen in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state was arrested on February 14th following
Police allege the man was the administrator of the WhatsApp group but his family argued he was made a “default admin” of the group only after the the original administrators had fled the group. However,police say they took action based on the evidence they have seen. Police say Junaid was the WhatsApp group administrator when the case came to their notice. His family says otherwise. “Junaid was a member of the group, but not the admin when the post was already shared, he was made the admin after the post has already circulated and the real admins fled the group”.



He could not write his exams as the court already denied him bail and he has already spent the last 5 months in jail. Police says it has commenced investigation if there were indeed other admins in the group who left.


Source : http://www.correctmum.com.ng/whatsapp-group-admin-lands-in-jail-for-spreading-fake-news/

Admins worldwide should be warned. Some even raise shoulder because they are ordinary admin(only thing they achieved in their life).

Good

Remaining naija BCs people

nice one. Nigerian government should adopt this for those idiots that keep threatening my life both on Facebook and whatsapp with broadcast messages that if i don't type Amen or share with 100 contacts, Jesus will beat me with thunder or hiv will enter my body bla bla bla
don't worry, naa una SARS go soon dey use flex muscle.

be like you dey mad, did you buy my data for me

This made fp few days ago.

they will not learn.

See gobe

Nice move by the Indian authorities. Some of us aren't just ready for the internet yet. The division along ethnic/ religious lines it has caused in Nigeria is enough proof.

This should serve as a deterrent to all those who chide in spreading whatever garbage they receive in their inbox.

This is a signal to Fake Bloggers in Nigeria as well.