{"id":1001996,"date":"2026-04-09T09:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1001996"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:30:54","slug":"odisha-to-bring-law-with-fines-jail-for-abusive-language-online-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/09\/odisha-to-bring-law-with-fines-jail-for-abusive-language-online-says-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Odisha to bring law with fines, jail for abusive language online, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BHUBANESWAR: The state government is planning to introduce stringent laws to curb the use of offensive and vulgar languages on social media, Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to mediapersons, he said the proposed legislation will target obscene and abusive speech, ensuring accountability for those who misuse online platforms. \u201cStrict action will be taken against people found engaging in such behaviour online. The proposed legislation will also extend to public spaces. Abusive language against individuals will also be brought under regulatory scrutiny,\u201d the minister said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BHUBANESWAR: The state government is planning to introduce stringent laws to curb the use of offensive and vulgar languages on social media, Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said on Wednesday. Speaking to mediapersons, he said the proposed legislation will target obscene and abusive speech, ensuring accountability for those who misuse online platforms. \u201cStrict action will be taken against people found engaging in such behaviour online. The proposed legislation will also extend to public spaces. Abusive language against individuals will also be brought under regulatory scrutiny,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}