However, the Allahabad High Court ruled that ‘Sharing or retweeting a post would amount to “transmitting” under Section 67 of IT Act’ thereby attracting penal consequences.
Important provisions of IT Act are listed in table below;
| Section | Provisions |
|---|---|
| Section 43 |
Any act of destroying, altering or stealing a computer system/network or deleting data with malicious intentions without authorization from the owner of the computer is liable for the payment to be made to the owner as compensation for damages. |
| Section 43A | Any corporate body dealing with sensitive information that fails to implement reasonable security practices causing loss of another person will also be liable as a convict for compensation to the affected party. |
| Section 66 | Penalises Hacking of a Computer System with malicious intentions like fraud |
| Section 66 B, C, D | Penalises ‘Fraud or dishonesty’ using or transmitting information or identity theft |
| Section 66 E | Penalise ‘violation of privacy’ by transmitting image of private area |
| Section 66 F | This Section is on Cyber Terrorism affecting unity, integrity, security, sovereignty of India through digital medium is liable for life imprisonment. |
| Section 67 | Penalisese publishing obscene information or pornography or transmission of obscene content in public |
| Section 67A and 67B | Penalises publishing or transmission of material containing sexually explicit act in electronic form |
| Section 69 (A) | Under this section Centre has the power to “block for access by the public or cause to be blocked for access by the public any information generated, transmitted, received, stored or hosted in any computer resource”. |
| Section 79 | This section states that any intermediary shall not be held legally or otherwise liable for any third party information, data, or communication link made available or hosted on its platform. |
Source: The Hindu
To get PDF version, Please click on "Print PDF" button.
Connect with our experts to get free counselling & start preparing
Learn From India's Best Faculty
Learn From India's Best Faculty
<div class="new-fform">
</div>
October 28, 2023