In 2022, a 29-year-old YouTuber was arrested from Nadia district for allegedly creating memes on the Chief Minister. Calling the memes "derogatory", the police said the complaint named seven other content creators.
In 2019, a BJP youth wing member was arrested for posting a morphed photo of Ms Banerjee on Facebook.
The Cyber Crime division of Kolkata Police on Monday sent a notice to two social media users for posting a video which was "offensive, malicious, and inciting". The video in question was an AI spoof of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, showing her dancing on a stage.
The police warned two X users -- @SoldierSaffron7 and @Shalendervoice -- for sharing the spoof video of Mamata Banerjee.
The crackdown on people posting social media content considered objectionable had started in 2012, with a professor of Kolkata's premier Jadavpur University, Ambikesh Mahapatra, getting arrested for allegedly forwarding an email containing a cartoon of Ms Banerjee.
It set off a huge debate over freedom of speech and expression where political leaders are concerned.
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