25-yr-old youngster in Davanagere allegedly commits suicide after losing Rs 18 lakh in online games
Davanagere: A youngster in the city allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself after reportedly losing around Rs 18 lakh in online games and incurring heavy debts to repay the dues.
Shashikumar (25), a resident of Saraswathi Nagar, had invested money while playing the games online and lost nearly Rs 18 lakh. He was depressed as he had been forced him to borrow money to pay the amount.
The youngster, who has written a six-page death note, has said that the app showed that he had won up to Rs 19,25,21,722 but, when he contacted the gaming website personnel, he was told that the money was not sent to him.
“I had invested lakhs of rupees on the game and, while the website personnel ensured that I paid them the money when I lost a game, they did not pay me when I won. A complaint has also been filed in the matter with the Vidyanagar Police,” Shashikumar has said in the death note.
His death note includes a two-page request to the chief minister, deputy chief minister and chief justice of the high court asking for a ban on online games. He has asked MP Dr. Prabha Mallikarjun to raise the issue in Parliament.
A case has been filed in KTG Nagar Police Station. Investigation is underway.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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SC slams WhatsApp, Meta over privacy policy, says will pass interim order on Feb 9
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp while hearing their appeals against a Competition Commission of India order imposing a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore over the privacy policy, saying tech giants cannot “play with the right to privacy of citizens in the name of data sharing”.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that it will pass an interim order on February 9. The top court ordered that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology be made a party to the petitions.
It was hearing appeals filed by Meta and WhatsApp against a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) judgment that upheld the CCI’s findings of abuse of dominance, while granting limited relief on advertising-related data sharing.
"You can't play with the right of privacy of this country in the name of data sharing. We will not allow you to share a single word of the data, either you give an undertaking...you cannot violate the right of privacy of citizens,” the CJI said.
The bench said the right to privacy is zealously guarded in the country and noted that the privacy terms are “so cleverly crafted” that a common person cannot understand them.
“This is a decent way of committing theft of private information, we will not allow you to do that... You have to give an undertaking otherwise, we have to pass an order,” the CJI said.
