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May 15, 2025 at 02:50 PM
🔆 Key Takeaways: Toxic Online Culture and Legal Responses
📍 Toxic Online Culture and Diplomacy
✅ After a diplomatic announcement by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, his social media faced abusive comments, threats, and doxing of his daughter
✅ Highlights growing misuse of online platforms to harass public officials and undermine national decisions
📍 Vulnerable Groups at Risk
✅ Women, minorities, and marginalized communities are disproportionately targeted
✅ Trolls issue rape and death threats, causing serious mental and physical harm
📍 Legal Framework and Judicial Action
✅ Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 to penalize misuse of personal info
✅ Existing laws like Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Information Technology Act are limited but evolving
✅ Courts actively order quick removal of offending content and mandate disclosure of subscriber info
✅ In the Shaviya Sharma case (2024), Delhi HC stated unchecked doxing violates right to privacy
📍 Need for Robust Anti-Trolling Law
✅ Strong legislation needed to counter doxing, threats, and misinformation
✅ Delhi HC recognizes unchecked doxing as a violation of privacy rights
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