Cyber Cops warn actionBy U Sudhakar Reddy
Hyderabad, June 24: More than 60 hate communities have sprouted in social networking site Orkut against superstar Chiranjeevi after he announced his political entry. Hate communities against the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, the Telugu Desam chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Telangana Rastra Samiti president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, and film stars Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, and Mahesh Babu are also thriving in Orkut.
The Cyber Crimes Police Station has warned that it would take action against those who run hate communities and post vulgar pictures and abusive content on VIPs and celebrities. Internet surfers seem to be enthusiastically joining the hate communities. For instance, "We Hate Chiranjeevi" group has 2,289 members and "We hate YSR" has 1,754 members. There are around 11 communities in Orkut targeting YSR, six spewing venom on Mr Naidu and five on KCR. There are 21 communities which specialise in frothing against actor Balakrishna.The photographs of several film stars and leaders have been morphed and given an obscene look by these hate communities.
"If they post obscene comments and photographs, we can book cases and track down those who run the communities with the help of the service provider," said the Inspector Mr Ravi Kumar of the Cyber Crime Police Station. He added that cases had been registered against certain persons running hate communities after complaints from individuals. "But so far no political leader or celebrities have lodged complaints," he said.
Police add that lack of awareness on cyber crimes in the country is leading to such abuse. "But the fact remains that the number of fan clubs is more than the number of hate communities," said a senior advocate, Mr Srinivas Reddy. For instance, Chiru has at least 1,000 communities supporting him. They include "Chiru the next Chief Minister" and "Join Chiru Party". The biggest community has at least 18,000 members. Earlier Shiva Sena demanded the ban on social networking site Orkut after hate communities targeted its leader Bal Thackeray. "We can write to Google and get the Internet Protocol address of those who created the hate communities," said a senior cop.
Hyderabad, June 24: More than 60 hate communities have sprouted in social networking site Orkut against superstar Chiranjeevi after he announced his political entry. Hate communities against the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, the Telugu Desam chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Telangana Rastra Samiti president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, and film stars Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, and Mahesh Babu are also thriving in Orkut.
The Cyber Crimes Police Station has warned that it would take action against those who run hate communities and post vulgar pictures and abusive content on VIPs and celebrities. Internet surfers seem to be enthusiastically joining the hate communities. For instance, "We Hate Chiranjeevi" group has 2,289 members and "We hate YSR" has 1,754 members. There are around 11 communities in Orkut targeting YSR, six spewing venom on Mr Naidu and five on KCR. There are 21 communities which specialise in frothing against actor Balakrishna.The photographs of several film stars and leaders have been morphed and given an obscene look by these hate communities.
"If they post obscene comments and photographs, we can book cases and track down those who run the communities with the help of the service provider," said the Inspector Mr Ravi Kumar of the Cyber Crime Police Station. He added that cases had been registered against certain persons running hate communities after complaints from individuals. "But so far no political leader or celebrities have lodged complaints," he said.
Police add that lack of awareness on cyber crimes in the country is leading to such abuse. "But the fact remains that the number of fan clubs is more than the number of hate communities," said a senior advocate, Mr Srinivas Reddy. For instance, Chiru has at least 1,000 communities supporting him. They include "Chiru the next Chief Minister" and "Join Chiru Party". The biggest community has at least 18,000 members. Earlier Shiva Sena demanded the ban on social networking site Orkut after hate communities targeted its leader Bal Thackeray. "We can write to Google and get the Internet Protocol address of those who created the hate communities," said a senior cop.
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