The Uttarakhand High C🦩ourt on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Facebook for not replying to its notice in connection with the alleged misuse of the p💮latform by some people for extortion.
A division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice R C Khulbe imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the social networking site🃏 and set a fresh deadline of Febꦍruary 16 to file its reply.
The court was hearing a PIL alleging that fake IDs were beiꦓng created on Facebook and friend requests were sent through them.
After some time, threats of edited obscene photos and videos were being made through these IDs in exchange for lakhs🔜 of rupees, it said.
The PIL was filed by Hari꧟dwar resident Alok Kumar who described himself as a vi♑ctim of the fake ID scam.
Advocate Abhijay Negi said friend ꩵrequests are being sent on Facebook by creating f꧒ake IDs of people. After some time, photos are edited and made into obscene content.
People whose fake IDs have been created are being blackmailed inꦚ exchange for money, he said.
