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Explained: Retweeting, sharing, or forwarding offensive posts carries a risk of legal repercussions.

By - Kshitij Srivastava

Retweets are not endorsements, as many Twitter users frequently state in their bios. Can one be protected from criminal culpability by this disclaimer, though?

KPS Malhotra, the deputy commissioner of the Delhi Police, recently stated that retweets must be handled personally and that anyone endorsing a viewpoint on social media represents that viewpoint as their own.

"If you endorse a view on social media, it becomes your view. Retweeting and saying I don't know, doesn't stand here. Responsibility is yours. Time does not matter, you only have to retweet and it becomes new. Police action was on the basis of when matter came to our cognisance," the DCP made a remark.