india :REALITY CHECK of WhatsApp message: How common man can sign petition to declare Pakistan a terror state

REALITY CHECK of WhatsApp message: How common man can sign petition to declare Pakistan a terror state

New Delhi: After Uri attack, a number of WhatsApp users are getting a message about 'petition to declare Pakistan terror state'.The message has gone massively viral as it talks about signing a petition about how Pakistan can be declared terror state.But, is it a hoax or genuine message?

Asaduddin Owaisi: MP cops thrash RSS man for WhatsApp post on Owaisi

BHOPAL: Nine people, including six policemen, were booked on charges of attempt to murder, rioting and robbery in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh after a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader was thrashed by them over a complaint of "objectionable" posts made by him against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi on social media.The case has been registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by RSS leader Suresh Yadav , who was allegedly dragged out of his house and thrashed by the policemen.Yadav was admitted to a local hospital and then referred to Jabalpur for further treatment.It started after a complaint was filed at Balaghat's Baihar police station by some local residents alleging that Yadav posted objectionable comments against Owaisi on WhatsApp.Yadav is the district pracharak of the RSS.Baihar police station Town Inspector (TI) Ziaul Haq swung into action immediately after receiving the complaint and informed his supe riors, sources said.

Tanzania charges man with 'insulting' its leader on WhatsApp

The five men are the latest to run afoul of a recently instituted cybercrime law meant to punish anyone posting "false, deceptive, misleading or inaccurate" content online.As with many such laws, though, the administration is mainly using the law as a pretext for stifling political dissent.The man charged with disparaging the President on WhatsApp was only questioning Magufuli's treatment of the political opposition as "an enemy" -- there's nothing to suggest that he was posting insults or lies.