It is said that the things that can benefit us can also harm us, so as much as a new invention makes our life easier, it also brings problems for us. Take WhatsApp only. It has become such a tool of the digital age that has brought distances closer. There would hardly be anyone among us who would not have heard about WhatsApp. The active user on WhatsApp is more than 2 billion.
Leaving aside the other things, now let's come to the main thing. I was sitting with my friend. Suddenly a message came on his mobile WhatsApp. He read and forwarded it to me. I asked him, why did you forward to me. His answer was a bit strange, he said - I liked it, so I forwarded it. I explained to him that we should not forward messages without thinking. Otherwise, we can even go to jail. Oh! Jail! No, from today I will forget to forward it, he said.
My friend understood. Do you understand and do you know what are those messages because of which you too may have to go to jail? If you do not know, then no problem, today we will know about it in this article and you should be alert from today itself, which has given below:-
Do not create fake account even by mistake
Many times, people create fake accounts to harass other people. Let us tell you that harassing someone through fake account comes under the ambit of crime. If any person lodges a complaint against the harassing person, then this person can be punished.
Do not send or forward provocative messages
WhatsApp is an instant chat platform where people do not take even 1 second to message or forward it. People forward the message without thinking, without investigation. They do not know that this one mistake of theirs can land them behind the jail. In fact, such messages which are related to threatening someone, related to obscenity, inciting suicide or spreading riots, all these messages can be shared on any social platform, whether it is WhatsApp or any other platform. Forwarding comes under both the offenses. You must be thinking that the forwarder will also be punished when he does not even know anything but forwarded what he got.
The Madras High Court had said in 2018 that the person sending the message and the person forwarding it would be punished equally. That's why whenever you forward the message, check it, otherwise there may be a reason for jail for you.
You must be thinking that there is encrypted to encrypted message in WhatsApp, so no third person can read our message, then how can we be jailed? Your question is also correct, but if a person to whom the message has been forwarded and complains, then fine or jail time is certain, so please avoid this type of message.
Do not send bulk messages
In simple language, bulk message is a marketing strategy in which a lot of people are messaged, people do this to increase their leads and sales. Let us tell you that by doing this, your WhatsApp account can be closed, as well as police action. Because it violates WhatsApp Policy.
Then you may have a question that how will the sender's address be known in this, encrypted to encrypted messaging platform. So let me tell you for information that WhatsApp has a machine learning system, through which the sender of bulk messages can be detected.
Don't try to hack
If you know ethical hacking, or you are a software engineer, still you should not try to hack WhatsApp, otherwise WhatsApp company can send you to jail.
Conclusion
In short, in this article, we have known the main reasons due to which any WhatsApp user can be fined or jailed or both. That's why you be aware and tell others about it too.
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