Consider misuse of social media platforms by terrorists: HC to courts

THE Delhi High Court has observed that while encrypted social media platforms permit privacy and the freedom of speech and expression, their misuse by terrorists and banned organisations has to be borne in mind by courts while awarding sentences.

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The high court's observation came while modifying the jail term of two women, convicted for being associated with and extending support to the banned Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of ISIS.

The jail terms of convicts Hina Bashir Beigh and Sadiya Anwar Shaikh were modified to six years from eight and seven years respectively.