Harsh Varrdhan says there should be legal ramifications for online abuse

Negativity on social media has been a point of concern for long. Many have been vocal about the same including celebrities. Actor Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor feels it’s time that some sort of strict policing is implemented on social media before things go out of hand.

“There should be immediate legal ramification for abusing people on social media. Much like when you harass someone on the street, proper legal action is taken against you. Similar things should happen on the internet as well to stop these brainless and spiteful trolls,” he says.

Kapoor shares that internet is very new and we are still discovering the space. “It’s only been there for a couple of decades. One needs to understand that whatever goes there reaches a lot of people across the world. And it should not be like you can do whatever you want to on the internet for that matter and get away with it,” adds the actor.

Drawing attention to the importance of mental health, Kapoor highlights how this growing toxicity has been affecting the collective psyche.

“We all have been going through so much in these times… lot of life has been destroyed. The trauma and the effect that this is going to have on all of us, it will actually take us years to recover. Maybe twothree years from now this might feel like a bad dream but the last thing you need in these horrible uncertain times with so much sadness around is some fools sitting behind their keyboards writing some rubbish that doesn’t really matter. These trolls sitting at home seem like venting their frustration on innocent people for no reason. I’m sure we all can be responsible as to what we put out on social media,” he concludes.