Kochi: The High Court has directed the online platforms to conduct close and strong monitoring to prevent the widespread dissemination of negative reviews to destroy the newly released films. Justice Devan Ramachandran also suggested that a case should be filed against such reviews that come out of unknown centers with malicious intent under the sections of the IT Act.
The court pointed out that reviews from unknown sources provide opportunities for blackmail and extortion. The problem is writing negative reviews for money, not negative reviews. The court also opined that there should be a process for self-disclosure including name of the reviewer.
The state police chief presented the protocol to prevent malicious, negative reviews and review bombing. The court is considering petitions filed by Mubeen Rauf, the director of ‘Aromal’s first love’, seeking to control negative reviews on release days and negative reports by online vloggers focusing on theatres.
According to the Cyber Act, the police can intervene if the reviews on social media contain defamatory remarks. However, the comments in the reviews come from fake addresses. Therefore, the police made it clear that there is a limit to taking action against such acts. The police also stated that if a complaint is received personally, there is a situation to file a case under the Cyber Act.
The court directed the central government to submit a report after studying the protos. Then the petition was again adjourned for consideration after two weeks.
2023-10-25 14:51:56
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