Kerala Police Act 2011 Amendment

Kerala Governor recently signed an ordinance amending the Kerala Police Act purportedly to give the law enforcement more teeth to prosecute persons who exploit social media to target women and children.

Reason to Introduce Changes

  • The government had mooted the revision against the high-profile instance of a group of women activists taking the law into their own hands to confront a blogger who used his YouTube channel to broadcast abusive and derogatory comments against them.
  • The administration felt that the absence of an effective law to tackle online vilification would encourage more such instances of vigilantism.

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