On November-11th Kerala State announced an amendment in law which stirred up trouble. Kerala Governor, Arif Khan, has signed an ordinance mainstreaming section -118(A) in Kerala Police Act. It now reads; whoever makes, expresses, publishes or disseminates through any kind of mode of communication, any matter or subject for threatening, abusing, humiliating or defaming a person or class of persons, knowing it to be false and that causes injury to the mind, reputation or property of such person or class of persons or any other person in whom they have interest shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both. According to Chief Minister , it is a necessary step to curb the cyber bullying and verbal raping, which is prevalent in social media. And also the ambit of this law covers all media, printed and digital. This, as usual sent all media personnel to a frenzy. Personally spe
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