What is Cyber Defamation ? And What are Legal Issues Involved?
CYBER DEFAMATION A. Definition Cyber defamation is publishing of defamatory material against another person with the help of computers or Internet. If someone publishes some defamatory statement about some other person on a website or send emails containing defamatory material to other persons with the intention to defame the other person about whom the statement has been made would amount to cyber defamation. B. Legal Issues Involved Section 66A of The Information Technology Act says that any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device:- Any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character; or Any content information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, or ill will, persistently makes by making use of such computer resource or a communication device. ...