Facebook must take responsibility for content on its platform: SC
In a stinging judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday said giant social media platforms like Facebook, whose active users account for over one-third of the global population, cannot evade responsibility by “simplistically” claiming they have no power over the third-party information they display. Delhi riots | Legislative Assembly has no power to call Facebook official, Centre tells Supreme Court “But if their business interests are not served, they seek a right to stay away. The court said social media entities like Facebook have to remain accountable to those who entrust them with their vast powers. Right to silence a virtue in these “noisy times”: Facebook official “This has given rise to significant debates about the increasing concentration of power in platforms like Facebook, more so as they are said to employ business models that are privacy-intrusive and attention soliciting,” Justice Kaul, who authored the judgment, pointed out.
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