Immoral brigade tries to defame female student activist from city
Mangaluru: Close on the heels of a college student from Moodigere ending her life after some unscrupulous elements threatened her and even tried to defame her by circulating her photo on social sites, another similar incident of trying to defame a female student has been reported from Mangaluru.
Madhuri Bolar, an M.Com student at the Government Women's First Grade College at Carstreet, who also happens to be the District Secretary of the Student Federation Of India has lodged a complaint with the City Police Commissioner alleging that she was being linked to a Muslim youth by misusing a Facebook group photo clicked with classmates and circulating it in WhatsApp.
"The group photo with colleagues of the student movement namely Ganesh Bolar, Suhas Adiga and Hamza Kinya was uploaded on Facebook. But since some days this photo is being circulated on WhatsApp by some activists of a Hindu outfit who are involved in a malicious propaganda that Hindu girls talking to Muslim boys was leading to Love Jihad."
She also alleged that the photo with the message that Hamza who is seen with Hindu girls should be kept on watched and taught lesson.
Madhuri has said that she was suffering mental agony and also fears this may affect her studies. She also said even her parents are worried over the development. She has urged the Police to initiate stern action against those resorting to such malicious propaganda.
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SC refuses to entertain plea to impose ban on social media usage for children below 13 years
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking to impose a statutory prohibition on social media usage for children below 13 years.
"It is a policy matter. You ask Parliament to enact the law," a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih told the counsel appearing for the petitioner.
"We are not inclined to entertain the present petition in as much as the relief sought is within the domain of policy," the bench said.
While disposing of the plea, it granted liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to the authority.
The bench said if such a representation was made, the same be considered in accordance with law within eight weeks.
The plea, filed by Zep Foundation, sought directions to the Centre and others to mandate the introduction of robust age verification system, such as biometric authentication, to regulate children's access to social media platforms.
The petition, filed through advocate Mohini Priya, also sought to implement strict penalties for social media platforms failing to comply with children protection regulations.
