There has been a sharp rise in the cases under the Digital Security Act (DSA) during the COVID-19 crisis as people are increasingly becoming critical about the Government health mismanagement, reports New Age on June 27. Journalists, university teachers, rights activists, even a child, were charged and arrested under this law during the pandemic as they posted critical posts against the Prime Minister and ruling party people. According to Cyber Crime Tribunal data, 327 cases were filed under the DSA in the first three months of this year with the number gradually increasing as 86 cases were filed in January, 119 were filed in February and 122 were filed in March with different Police Stations and Courts. London-based human rights organisation, Article 19, recorded 76 cases were filed in April, May and the first three weeks of June in which 125 people were accused.