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    Abusive Language and Photoshopping

    By Nyaaya | Online Abuse, Violence and Abuse | 2 comments | 2 August, 2019 | 1

    This post is also available in: ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)

    If someone uses abusive language against you online or photoshops your image into content which is abusive or sexually coloured, that person can be punished1 under the law. The abusive language or picture or video should:

    • Relate to a feeling or revealing of a sexual interest or sexual desire against you or;
    • Relate to any excessive interest in sexual matters or;
    • Relate to content which would deprave or corrupt you, if you read or saw it online, like pornography.

    The punishment for the first conviction is jail time up to three years and a fine up to five lakhs and for the second conviction, a jail term which may extend to five years and a fine up to ten lakhs.

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    1. Section 67, Information Technology Act, 2000. [↩]
    Abusive Language, Cyber Safety, Obscene Images, Online Abuse, Photoshopping

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      POOJA DHARIWAL PD Log in to Reply September 1, 2020 at 4:17 pm

      Hello
      Good evening
      Here i pooja dhariwal..from a small village and i am suffer from a extreme mental abuse by a girl…the girl send me messeges….by saying she will tell my parents that i was having a boyfriend…and so many things…i am.totally tired of her…please help me…otherwise i will do something worse to my self.😓😓
      Thank you
      Yours respectfully

      • Nyaaya
        Nyaaya Log in to Reply January 12, 2021 at 3:08 pm

        If you get anonymous threats online or you are blackmailed online, you can file a complaint with the cyber cell. To file a complaint, it is not necessary to know who is responsible for the crime. You should try and tell the police whatever you know, but you don’t have to know all the details. The person threatening or blackmailing you may be punished with jail time up to seven years or a fine or both.

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