Applicable Laws & Acts in India
In India, the following legal provisions address YouTube-related crimes:
- Information Technology Act, 2000:
- Section 66D: Punishes cheating by personation using computer resources.
- Section 67: Deals with publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
- Section 66D: Punishes cheating by personation using computer resources.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023
- Section 316 – Addresses cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.
- Section 354 – Pertains to defamation, applicable in cases of reputational harm.