After Youtuber’s arrest, Kerala govt warns of stern authorized motion towards deceptive social media content material

By PTI

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala authorities on Saturday warned of taking stringent authorized motion towards social media campaigners who create and submit content material that misleads youngsters on numerous on-line platforms.

General Education Minister V Sivankutty mentioned there was a deliberate try and affect college students via social media platforms and make them poisonous by posting objectionable content material.

Stating that the purpose of such campaigners was to steer the younger technology to wrongful deeds, the Minister urged the academics and fogeys to keep up additional vigil on such issues.

“Time has exceeded to ban such programmes and content on Youtube and other such social media platforms. Not just children, they are spoiling the youth and the entire society,” he advised reporters right here.

Sivankutty’s assertion assumes significance within the wake of the arrest of controversial Youtuber ‘Thoppi’ who had been accused of creating allegedly objectionable remarks and making a visitors block on a busy street at a latest inauguration of a store in Malappuram district.

The authentic identify of Thoppi is Nihad, and he’s a local of Kannur district. He was taken into custody from a home in Kochi early Friday morning.

The 24-year-old man’s Youtube channel, which has a big assortment of objectionable remarks and content material, was discovered to have lakhs of subscribers, particularly youngsters.

Hundreds of kids together with faculty youngsters had gathered to catch a glimpse of the Youtuber when he got here to inaugurate the store at Valanchery in Malappuram lately.

Referring to the police motion towards Thoppi, Sivankutty mentioned a case had been registered towards the Youtuber the opposite day.

“Similar legal actions will be continued,” he mentioned.

The Minister mentioned the federal government can’t settle for the deeds of a piece of people who find themselves attempting to mislead youngsters within the identify of freedom of expression.

All doable authorized measures can be taken towards such campaigners and the federal government was not prepared for any compromise on the matter.

Action would even be taken towards those that propagate faux information concerning the normal schooling division via social media platforms, he mentioned.

A drive can be initiated quickly to create consciousness amongst 47 lakh college students in Kerala concerning the execs and cons of social media, Sivankutty added.

As per the grievance, the YouTuber lately induced visitors congestion for hours on the busy street in Valanchery right here.

The Youtuber was additionally accused of utilizing obscene phrases whereas singing songs and making objectionable remarks throughout the programme, police mentioned.

The case was registered below numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code for inflicting a visitors jam and for publicly utilizing objectionable phrases, they mentioned.

Hours after his arrest, the Kerala police, on their official Facebook deal with, warned towards creating content material that incites hatred and enmity in society.

They additionally shared a quick video of the controversial Youtuber and the visuals of his arrest.

Amassing cash on this method is a criminal offense equal to creating money via unlawful means, the Facebook submit additional mentioned.

General Education Minister V Sivankutty mentioned there was a deliberate try and affect college students via social media platforms and make them poisonous by posting objectionable content material.

Stating that the purpose of such campaigners was to steer the younger technology to wrongful deeds, the Minister urged the academics and fogeys to keep up additional vigil on such issues.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );