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Delhi HC seeks Centre’s reply on Google plea
IANS / Updated: Jun 3, 2021, 04:25PM IST
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Google challenged a single judge bench order of the court which directed it to remove content globally, which was flagged as “objectionable” by a female petitioner, for being “offensive”. The petitioner claimed that the content was taken from her social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram, and circulated without her consent. Despite court orders the content was not removed in entirety from the World Wide Web. The plea urged the High Court to set aside the single judge order.
A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices to the Centre, the Delhi government, Facebook, Internet Service Providers Association of India, the pornographic site and the woman. The High Court sought their responses in the matter by July 25.
Citing the April 20 judgment, Google contended it has “mischaracterised” its search engine as a ‘social media intermediary’ or ‘significant social media intermediary’, which has been provided under the new rules for digital media.
Google said it was aggrieved by the blanket, “template directions” issued by single judge. It further argued that the judge mixed various sections of the IT Act and separate rules prescribed thereunder and passed template directions combining all such offences and provisions, which it emphasized was bad in law. However, the High Court said it would not pass any interim order at this stage.
A Google spokesperson told IANS that search engines are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the internet.
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