Re: Does it incriminate you if you re-share a sensitive doc of Facebook?

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 00:09:40 -0700

Hi Ish,
At 22:03 02-04-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>I was reading an article on capital-media.mu[1] and the following
>line caught my attention:
>
>Les retracer ne devrait pas etre chose difficile pour les
>professionnels du NCB et l'ICTA. Selon nos informations, la
>cinquantaine de personnes qui ont ensuite partage le document sur
>leur page Facebook sont aussi passibles de poursuites
>
>Are Mauritius Internet Users conscious about what can be shared and
>what not? Who decides what is a "sensitive" document?
>
>If a newspaper published the said "letter" as leaked information and
>people purchased the newspaper, would those persons be liable to prosecution?

The example where a person purchases a newspaper is incorrect.

I do not believe that people are aware of what can be shared and what
cannot be shared. The court will decide about whether the document
is "sensitive".

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Fri Apr 03 2015 - 07:10:05 PST