FIR lodged over 'defamatory' posts against PM, ministers
New Delhi, July 30 -- The Delhi Police on Wednesday said they have registered a first information report (FIR) against unknown social media handles over objectionable social media posts and content against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A notice was also sent to X in this regard to take down social media posts and get details of the users who made the posts.
Senior Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) officers said more such FIRs over more such content against the PM and other ministers are likely to be lodged in the coming days. Police said the social media posts were mainly found on X, including written posts, deep fake videos, AI edited videos and fake rumors. In the letter sent to X on Sunday regarding "derogatory, malicious and defamatory content.targeting constitutional heads", six social media handles are mentioned.
"The URLs hosted on your platform contain posts being used for dissemination of false, defamatory, manipulated and objectionable content with malicious intent to tarnish the reputation of public personalities and other individuals" reads the notice, seen by HT.
Police said the FIR is based on the same notice and was lodged on Sunday under sections 351 (3) (grave threats), 353 (2) (intentional circulation of false information that promotes hatred, enmity between different religious or other groups), and 352 (2) (criminal defamation).
A senior police officer said, "The posts are not all related to Cockroach Janta Party's protest but also from handles who have posted extremely objectionable content against constitutional heads". The police directed X to disable access to the accounts as well as URLs immediately, within three hours of receipt of this intimation, while ensuring that the relevant data, logs and subscriber information are "preserved for evidence purposes".
"It is further submitted that the circulation of such objectionable and defamatory content has caused serious harm to the reputation and public image of the Hon'ble Prime Minister. The continued availability of such content has the potential to disturb public order, create unnecessary political controversy and erode public trust," reads the notice....
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