• Taking Down A 19Yr Old to stop spreading misinformation.

A Student from Bihar is going viral claiming he has been invited by trump, got offers from NASA, MIT, Stanford.

However, upon an investigation it has been confirmed that it's fake news - we have tried reaching him and he's not ready to accept his lies and still continues to spread misinformation in the media.

How can this be stopped?

Read the report here:
https://medium.com/@ChinyaSuhail/fact-check-gopal-jee-the-19-yr-old-who-rejected-offers-from-nasa-and-president-trump-187628d2633e
Asked 4 years ago in Intellectual Property

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13 Answers

You can only stop him by filing an FIR if such rumour is detrimental to the society. Otherwise not

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
31914 Answers
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4.1 on 5.0

How are you affected ? 

He has no harmed you in any manner 

 

just don’t believe him 

 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94658 Answers
7524 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Question remains who are you to object and what harm or damage cause to you due to his rumors.Until no harm to any cause of boasting - no illegality.

Ya NASA and Trump can file defamation.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
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31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

1. You can file a Police FIR, requesting investigation and charge-sheet, for offences like Cheating, Intimidation, Fraud, Breach of Trust, Mischief etc.... against the person, supported with all relevant supporting Documents & Witnesses.

2. IF the Police does not take action, THEN you can file private criminal case u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C., in the local Magistrates court, seeking directions to the Police to investigate and file charge sheet.

Hemant Agarwal
Advocate, Mumbai
5612 Answers
25 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. since you are not the affected person, therefore, you cannot take any action,

2. you can report the matter to NASA, Trump,

3. the concerned persons (Trump, NASA) can take action

Suneel Moudgil
Advocate, Panipat
2381 Answers
6 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

Hi

May i know what are your liabilities to stop him.

Anyway..complaint the matter to the cyber cell of your are.

Thanks 

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

There is no damage caused due to same there is no cause you cannot take any legal action as such. 

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25514 Answers
179 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

What is your concern about it?

If this is totally irrelevant then why dont you just ignore it especially if you clearly know that this is a false propaganda and cannot  be relied upon for any reason.

If anyone is affected by his false propaganda or the government is coming to know that he is trying to malign the name of government by such false rumours, necessary action may be initiated accordingly.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
84859 Answers
2188 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

- As per section 505 in The Indian Penal Code, Whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement, rumor or report, with intent to cause or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or to any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquility; OR with intent to incite, or which is likely to incite, any class or community of persons to commit any offence against any other class or community, shall be punished with imprisonment.

- Hence, if you think , that said viral fake news are hurting your sentiment , and respect in the society , then you should lodge complaint against him . 

- You can also lodge your complaint online with the cyber cell as well. 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
13199 Answers
197 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Who are you here? How are you prejudiced by the alleged fake information he has been spreading?

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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972 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

If you are affected then you can raise complaint before jurisdictional police station.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

1. You cannot stop that person from speading rumours by taking legal means Until these rumours become threat to public security.

2. Only way to stop him from lying is to keep track on his posts and rumours which he is spreading and post news along with screenshot of his rumours on social media. 

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10687 Answers
7 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

You should give this information to news channels and newspapers so that he may be caught by the police. He is defrauding many people.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14088 Answers
65 Consultations

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