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WhatsApp group admin arrested in India after uploading derogatory photo of Modi

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10:50 AM | May 06, 2017



Bengaluru: According to News 18 admin of a WhatsApp group in India has been arrested in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district after a derogatory post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi was circulated in the group.

This is the first such arrest of a WhatsApp group administrator reported from Karnataka.

Krishna, an auto rickshaw driver, has been accused of posting derogatory matter about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his group.

According to the police, a photograph of Indian PM was morphed to look ugly and obscene before being circulated. Indian Police registered a case after a complaint from Anand Manjunath Naik.

Another accused, Ganesh Naik, was also arrested and is out on bail. The third accused, Balakrishna Naik, is still on the run.

Recently, a joint order was issued by Varanasi District in India, Magistrate Yogeshwar Ram Mishra and Senior Superintendent of Police Nitin Tiwari which made it has been made clear that any factually incorrect, rumour or misleading information on a social media group could result in an FIR against the group administrator.

There are over 200 million WhatsApp users in India. The order directed that social media group administrators should be ready to bear the responsibility and ownership of the groups. The administrator must include only those members who are personally known to him or her.

 
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those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others - Sushma Sawraj UNGA circa 2016

WhatsApp group admin arrested in India after uploading derogatory photo of Modi

Share:
Google+
Web Monitoring Desk


10:50 AM | May 06, 2017



Bengaluru: According to News 18 admin of a WhatsApp group in India has been arrested in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district after a derogatory post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi was circulated in the group.

This is the first such arrest of a WhatsApp group administrator reported from Karnataka.

Krishna, an auto rickshaw driver, has been accused of posting derogatory matter about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his group.

According to the police, a photograph of Indian PM was morphed to look ugly and obscene before being circulated. Indian Police registered a case after a complaint from Anand Manjunath Naik.

Another accused, Ganesh Naik, was also arrested and is out on bail. The third accused, Balakrishna Naik, is still on the run.

Recently, a joint order was issued by Varanasi District in India, Magistrate Yogeshwar Ram Mishra and Senior Superintendent of Police Nitin Tiwari which made it has been made clear that any factually incorrect, rumour or misleading information on a social media group could result in an FIR against the group administrator.

There are over 200 million WhatsApp users in India. The order directed that social media group administrators should be ready to bear the responsibility and ownership of the groups. The administrator must include only those members who are personally known to him or her.
lol...incredible India :lol:
 
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John Oliver, Having Mocked Chinese Censorship, Is Censored in China

HONG KONG — In a 20-minute segment about China that aired Sunday on the satirical news show “Last Week Tonight,” the host John Oliver brought up President Xi Jinping’s resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.

That, among other delicate references, seems to have touched a nerve in China, where the British comedian has now been censored on a major social media platform — just as the cartoon bear had been.

“Apparently, Xi Jinping is very sensitive about his perceived resemblance to Winnie the Pooh,” Mr. Oliver said on the show. “And I’m not even sure it’s that strong a resemblance, to be honest. But the fact he’s annoyed about it means people will never stop bringing it up.”

Apparently so.

Attempts to create posts containing the words “John Oliver” on Weibo, a popular Chinese microblogging platform, resulted in an error message on Thursday saying the post may violate “rules and regulations.” Quite a few posts mentioning Mr. Oliver were visible on the platform, but none referred to the China episode, and the most recent had been posted a few days before it aired.

the Winnie the Pooh ban — which censors imposed after social media users began pointing out the resemblance — Mr. Oliver made harder-hitting critiques of China’s human rights record, including its “dystopian levels of surveillance and persecution” of Uighur Muslims and the imprisonment of dissidents like the Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.

He also said that by removing presidential term limits, Mr. Xi was dismantling important safeguards. “It’s worth knowing that the term limits he had successfully eliminated were put in place for a pretty good reason, specifically to avoid another Mao, under whose regime some horrific things happened in China,” Mr. Oliver said.

He added that Mr. Xi’s concern for his public image stemmed from his fear of an Arab Spring-style revolt as China’s economic growth slows.

“Clamping down on Winnie the Pooh comparisons doesn’t exactly project strength,” Mr. Oliver said. Instead, it suggested “a weird insecurity.”


Follow Tiffany May on Twitter: @NYtmay.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/world/asia/john-oliver-china-ban.html
 
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John Oliver, Having Mocked Chinese Censorship, Is Censored in China

HONG KONG — In a 20-minute segment about China that aired Sunday on the satirical news show “Last Week Tonight,” the host John Oliver brought up President Xi Jinping’s resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.

That, among other delicate references, seems to have touched a nerve in China, where the British comedian has now been censored on a major social media platform — just as the cartoon bear had been.

“Apparently, Xi Jinping is very sensitive about his perceived resemblance to Winnie the Pooh,” Mr. Oliver said on the show. “And I’m not even sure it’s that strong a resemblance, to be honest. But the fact he’s annoyed about it means people will never stop bringing it up.”

Apparently so.

Attempts to create posts containing the words “John Oliver” on Weibo, a popular Chinese microblogging platform, resulted in an error message on Thursday saying the post may violate “rules and regulations.” Quite a few posts mentioning Mr. Oliver were visible on the platform, but none referred to the China episode, and the most recent had been posted a few days before it aired.

the Winnie the Pooh ban — which censors imposed after social media users began pointing out the resemblance — Mr. Oliver made harder-hitting critiques of China’s human rights record, including its “dystopian levels of surveillance and persecution” of Uighur Muslims and the imprisonment of dissidents like the Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.

He also said that by removing presidential term limits, Mr. Xi was dismantling important safeguards. “It’s worth knowing that the term limits he had successfully eliminated were put in place for a pretty good reason, specifically to avoid another Mao, under whose regime some horrific things happened in China,” Mr. Oliver said.

He added that Mr. Xi’s concern for his public image stemmed from his fear of an Arab Spring-style revolt as China’s economic growth slows.

“Clamping down on Winnie the Pooh comparisons doesn’t exactly project strength,” Mr. Oliver said. Instead, it suggested “a weird insecurity.”


Follow Tiffany May on Twitter: @NYtmay.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/world/asia/john-oliver-china-ban.html
"Insecurity" sums up not just XI but China in general.
 
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US now is run by talk show comedians and political jokers, good for the world.
 
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"Insecurity" sums up not just XI but China in general.

China is a disgraceful country, organ harvesting, fake news, ruled by Winnie the Poo, and a population that is brainwashed.

Why did China kill 70 million people if they were having a cultural revolution? A cultural revolution that destroyed their culture.
 
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