Hyderabad police file criminal case against TikTok, Twitter and WhatsApp for spreading hate

Hyderabad police have registered a criminal case against micro-blogging platform Twitter, Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Chinese short-video making app TikTok on charges of facilitating the spread of hatred and anti-national content on their platforms in the country.The Cyber Crime Police Station registered the case following the direction from a city court on a petition filed by a local journalist.This is believed to be the first case against the leading social media platforms for facilitating spread of hatred and anti-national content in the country.The case against the social media platforms was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and

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