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Legal notice sent to WhatsApp due to this emoji

Gurmeet Singh, a New Delhi-based advocate has sent a legal notice to WhatsApp asking it to remove its ‘middle finger’ emoji within 15 days failing which a case will be filed. The notice stated that "...showing of the middle finger is not only offensive but a highly belligerent, invasive, obscene, lewd gesture. As per the Indian Penal Code Sections 354 and 509, it is an offence to show obscene, lewd, offensive gestures to females. Use of a lewd, offensive, obscene gesture by anyone is hereby illegal also as aforesaid.”

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