Forwarding into a 200-person group can still be “publication.”
Context decides. Slogans don’t.
An office gossip screenshot blasted to an alumni group is not shielded just because it travelled as a forward. Publication is about reach and meaning in the facts — who saw it, how it was framed, and whether the forwarder treated it as news to spread. “I only forwarded” is a description of the button. It is not a complete legal answer.
The group size matters.
So does what you chose to push into it.
Educational note. This Insight is for awareness relating to cyber law and digital procedure. It is not legal advice and does not create an advocate–client relationship. Series: Digital disputes, as Indian courts actually see them.