Posting morphed obscene photographs of females on social media sometimes in porn sites for revenge is a heinous crime.Sometime, perpetrators create fake account on face book to defame their victims and post morphed pictures to blackmail them.So be careful about these cyber starkers.
Avoid sending explicit pictures to any unknown persons and and while choosing profile pictures on Whats App one should be careful enough and think twice before they share any picture with whats app groups or facebook.Pedophiles are also active in cyber space and online child sexual abuse image is quite common.They use the same photo shopped method.Sometime out of revenge, these perpetrators post morphed pictures of their estranged girl friend or wife to social media sites or porn websites to defame them. There are several incidents where victims committed sucide after their morphed pictures appeared on social media. So in these type of cases without any hesitation, lodge a complain to the cyber crime cell of the nearest police station ignoring social stigma.
According 66A of the IT Act(India),2000 (a) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character(b) any 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 by making use of such computer resource or a communication device (c) any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin of such messages, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine.
Similar to Section 66A, there are several related sections available in BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) like Section 294 of BNS which deals with the publication and transmission of obscene material, including electronically.The punishment includes imprisonment and fines, with severe penalties for repeat violations.Section 77 of BNS addresses capturing or publishing pictures of private parts or acts of a woman without consent, constituting voyeurism(The practice of getting sexual pleasure by observing or recording someone engaging in a private act is known as voyeurism. It must be non-consensual in order to be considered an offense).Section 356 of BNS deals with defamation, which includes sending emails containing offensive material. carries fines and jail time.
