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Viewing the misuse of the social media platforms such as YouTube, the Bench orally observed as to why such platforms could not be added as accused/abettor.
Making the observations on Thursday while hearing a petition filed by the police to cancel the bail granted to A Duraimurugan Pandiyan ‘Saattai,’ a YouTuber, in a case filed against him for his alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister M K Stalin last year, Justice B Pugalendhi observed that when a person witnessing such videos commits an offense, then the social media platform is an abettor of the offense. He sought to know if the government has any sort of mechanism to prevent such misuse. He appointed advocate K K Ramakrishnan as amicus curiae to assist the court on the matter.
The judge further observed that in many instances, the accused confessed to having learned about making guns, committing robbery and other offenses from YouTube videos