Claim: Yogi Adityanath government in UP has brought a new law under which anyone who sends a friend request three times to a girl will be put in jail for three years along with a fine of five lakh rupees.
Fact-check: This mention of punishment under Section 66A of IT Act by the UP police for sending three friend requests on FB is an old one - FACTLY
Verdict: according to the news reports in 2013, a circular from the dgp has mentioned that if a girl complains and provides proofs of the multiple friend requests, then action can be taken under section 66a of the information technology act as it can come under cyber bullying. so, this is not a recent development, and is not brought by the yogi adityanath government. also, section 66a of the it act has been struck down by the supreme court in 2015. hence the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akhil Reddy
Date published: 2023-01-20T09:03:23