On Thursday, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court requested a response from the Tamil Nadu Government and State Police as to why social media platforms cannot be named as accused or abettors in criminal cases involving social media platforms. This is in response to a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu police seeking to revoke the bail granted to YouTuber Saattai Duraimurugan, who appeared before Justice B Pugalendhi for a hearing. Justice B Pugalendhi stated that the misuse of technology cannot be tolerated and requested that the police submit a report on how much the YouTuber Duraimurugan earns by broadcasting the objected videos on social media platforms. While questioning Duraimurugan's counsel, the Judge stated orally that several people are misusing the platform to earn money, and some have even admitted to learning to commit crimes such as making guns and robbing from YouTube videos. He also questioned why social media platforms such as YouTube aren't named as defendants in such cases The Judge also ordered the Tamil Nadu ADGP - Cyber Crime branch to submit a detailed report on the mechanism needed to prevent YouTube misuse within a week.
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