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Forwarding Social Media Posts Equal To Endorsing It: Madras HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To BJP Leader S Ve Shekher
While rejecting anticipatory bail plea of journalist turned BJP leader S Ve Shekher who allegedly shared a derogatory Facebook post on women journalists, the Madras High Court has observed that sharing or forwarding a message in social media is equal to accepting and endorsing the message. “No one has any right to abuse women and if done it is a violation of rights. When calling a person with community name itself is a crime, using such unparliamentarily words is more heinous.
Words are more powerful than acts, When a celebrity-like person forwards messages like this, the common public will start believe it that this type of things are going on”, the court said. “What is said is important, but who has said it, is very important in a society because people respect persons for the social status.
When a celebrity-like person forwards messages like this, the common public will start believe it that this type of things are going on. This sends a wrong message to the society at a time when we are talking about women empowerment, Justice S Ramathilagam said in the order.
S Ve Shekher, in his petition, had said he had received a message from his friend and under the bona fide impression, as the message was from the one who usually forwards good and patriotic messages, he, due to inadvertency by mistake,
forwarded the said message without reading the contents and knowing the nature of the said message. Subsequently, the same was pointed out by his friend that the said content was an abusive one, he deleted the same as it was not at all accepted for for him and condemnable in nature.
So Importantly :
Once you forward, means you agreed to that view, you can't say, 'forwarded as received'.
So while just forwarding , politically, religious, Medical a advice, etc, you are equally responsible.
So, be responsible citizens and choose specific messages you agreed to it. |
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