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An Indian court has terminated proceedings against Microsoft in a case involving complaints that Internet companies are not taking responsibility for user-posted content. The case centers around regulations put into effect in 2011 that make web hosts responsible for the content uploaded by their users, with journalist Vinay Rai complaining that Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and nine other services wilfully host material that "seeks to create enmity, hatred and communal violence."

The web firms argue that India's own Information Technology Act should protect them from liability where user-posted material is involved, but both Facebook and Google …

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Google and Facebook are facing a trial in the Indian courts today after earlier hearings failed to resolve complaints that the companies are not taking responsibility for user-posted content, the Wall Street Journal reports. The case centers around regulations put into effect in 2011 that make web hosts responsible for the content uploaded by their users, with journalist Vinay Rai complaining that Facebook, Google, and 10 other services wilfully host material that "seeks to create enmity, hatred and communal violence." Under the regulations, companies have 36 hours to remove any material from their websites that breaches the government's guid …

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Facebook and Google have both been forced to remove content following a court directive in India. The two companies have removed material from their Indian domains that was considered offensive to Hindus, Muslims and Christians, after a court in New Delhi ruled today that certain images were deemed objectionable. Google confirmed it had disabled some content from its Indian versions of search, YouTube and Blogger, but refused to detail the content involved. Facebook has not issued a comment on its content removal.

The issue has raised the question of censorship in India as the lawsuit demands that internet companies screen content before it …

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]]> TC. Sottek <![CDATA[Google and Facebook challenge Indian courts over web censorship lawsuits]]> https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/16/2711289/google-and-facebook-challenge-indian-courts-over-web-censorship 2012-01-16T14:01:02-05:00 2012-01-16T14:01:02-05:00
India Censorship

India's the most populous democracy in the world, but it's no stranger to censorship efforts - over the years, it's struggled with balancing free expression and quelling partisan violence. Now, India's courts are considering web censorship measures in response to lawsuits over obscene material (like controversial religious statements) on websites like Google and Facebook. But the web giants aren't sitting quietly: as The Times of India reports, Google India's advocate told the Delhi high court today that blocking websites is not an option, since India is not a "totalitarian" regime like China.

India permits the restriction of content that's …

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