Madras HC DB Upholds Order Directing Google, Youtube To Give Details Of Uploader Of ‘Defamatory’ Video [Read Judgment]
8 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC DB Upholds Order Directing Google, Youtube To Give Details Of Uploader Of ‘Defamatory’ Video [Read Judgment]

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A division bench of Madras High Court has upheld an order of a single bench that had issued a direction to YouTube and Google to furnish the correct IP address along with the name of the person who uploaded an allegedly ‘defamatory’ video in YouTube.Lebara Foundation had filed a defamation suit and their applications seeking the IP address of those responsible for uploading a. A division bench of Madras High Court has upheld an order of a single bench that had issued a direction to YouTube and Google to furnish the correct IP address along with the name of the person who uploaded an allegedly ‘defamatory’ video in YouTube. The Google and YouTube assailed this order before the division bench contending that they are only a facilitator and the furnishing of information may expose the appellants to legal proceedings, as it possibly may amount to breach of the privacy agreement between the appellants and the second respondent. Rejecting their contentions, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan observed that Google and YouTube are being unnecessarily apprehensive about possibilities of legal proceedings being initiated against them vis-a-vis the undisclosed second respondent.

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Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's 'Defamatory' Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation
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Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's 'Defamatory' Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the take down of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's recent, allegedly defamatory YouTube video on Isha Foundation and its founder spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.The video titled “Sadhguru EXPOSED: What's happening in Jaggi Vasudev's Ashram” was uploaded by Singh on his YouTube channel on February 24 and he shared it on his 'X' page. …

Supreme Court asks Central Govt to regulate obscene content on YouTube and other social media platforms
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1 month ago

Supreme Court asks Central Govt to regulate obscene content on YouTube and other social media platforms

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider regulating obscene content on YouTube and other social media and said it would not leave a vacuum and barren area the way it is being misused by so-called YouTube channels. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, who was sitting in …

Videos Of Court Proceedings Must Be Removed From YouTube After A Specific Time: Gujarat HC Opines, Says Discretion With Chief Justice
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Videos Of Court Proceedings Must Be Removed From YouTube After A Specific Time: Gujarat HC Opines, Says Discretion With Chief Justice

Live Law  

A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday opined that videos of the Court proceedings which are live streamed are required to be removed from YouTube after a specific period. The bench in its order also "condemned" the use and reliance of the transcripts of the live video streaming of the matter by the applicant–which it said was …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai served contempt notice by Mumbai Court over defamatory YouTube video
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai served contempt notice by Mumbai Court over defamatory YouTube video

Live Mint  

Google's Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai was served a contempt notice by a Mumbai court over YouTube's failure to remove a defamatory video from the entertainment platform, according to multiple media reports. The notice issued on November 21 by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Ballard Pier said the entertainment platform failed to comply with a March 2023 order …

Telangana HC tells YouTube to take down defamatory content
4 months ago

Telangana HC tells YouTube to take down defamatory content

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed YouTube India to ensure that no content causing harassment or infringing the privacy of any citizen is uploaded on its platform. Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar emphasised that defamatory content against an individual directly impacts personal rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Shiv Kumar alleged that some people had created …

SC Takes Cognisance of Controversial Judge's Remarks in Court Proceedings
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SC Takes Cognisance of Controversial Judge's Remarks in Court Proceedings

New Indian Express  

SC takes cognisance of controversial remarks by Karnataka High Court judge, Vedavyasachar Srishananda. The judge's remarks, including a term used against a woman lawyer, have sparked debate. The Supreme Court has accepted the judge's apology and closed the case, but the matter has raised concerns about the need for transparency in court proceedings.

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Youtuber Savukku Shankar case: Madras High Court quashes ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act

The Hindu  

Social media content is not thrust upon the viewers. Further, observing that the Goondas Act could be invoked only if a person had indulged in acts prejudicial to maintenance of public order, the Bench said: “Speeches criticising the government, its policies and actions or exposing corrupt or illegal actions in public administration cannot be termed as a threat to public …

"Action Compliant With IT Rules": Google To Andhra Pradesh HC On Blocking String Art's YouTube Account Allegedly Over Video Against Bill Gates
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"Action Compliant With IT Rules": Google To Andhra Pradesh HC On Blocking String Art's YouTube Account Allegedly Over Video Against Bill Gates

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Google Inc recently opposed the petition filed by M/S String Art Private Limited seeking damages worth Rs. It was contended that the petitioner-company posted a video titled "Bill Gates Exposed-Rockefeller Funds Fertility Vaccine Scam I#BirthControl” on YouTube, following which its accounts were suspended and eventually terminated, without any prior notice. Google contended that it is merely an 'intermediary' and is …

Plea in Madras High Court seeks order to Tamil Nadu govt to regulate YouTube content
8 months ago

Plea in Madras High Court seeks order to Tamil Nadu govt to regulate YouTube content

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking orders to the government to evolve a mechanism to regulate the functioning of YouTube in order to keep a check on the ‘unbridled display of objectionable content’ which affects the ‘peace and tranquillity in the society’. “The lack of a mechanism to regulate YouTube content …

Madras HC goes tough on YouTube channels, calls them 'menace to society': Here's why?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras HC goes tough on YouTube channels, calls them 'menace to society': Here's why?

India TV News  

The Madras High Court made an oral observation on Thursday that some YouTube channels were displaying derogatory content to increase their subscriptions, which has become a "menace" to society. The observation came during the hearing of a bail petition filed by G. Felix Gerald of the RedPix YouTube channel, who was charged with fellow YouTuber, Savukku Shankar, under various provisions …

Some YouTube channels are turning out to be a menace to society: Madras High Court
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Some YouTube channels are turning out to be a menace to society: Madras High Court

The Hindu  

Some YouTube channels are turning out to be a menace to the society by publishing derogatory content just to increase their subscription and it is high time, the government steps in to control such undesirable activities, said Justice K. Kumaresh Babu of the Madras High Court on Thursday. The oral observations were made while hearing an anticipatory bail petition filed …

Deposit Savukku Media’s revenue in court, Madras High Court directs YouTube LLC
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Deposit Savukku Media’s revenue in court, Madras High Court directs YouTube LLC

The Hindu  

Observing that YouTubers do not possess a licence to tarnish the reputation of others by levelling wild and baseless allegations, the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed YouTube LLC to deposit in court, the entire revenue earned by Savukku Media Private Limited through a video in which ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar had accused Lyca Productions Private Limited of using …

Take down fake clips on health of Aaradhya: HC tells Google
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Take down fake clips on health of Aaradhya: HC tells Google

Hindustan Times  

Every child is entitled to be treated with honour and respect and dissemination of misleading information in respect of a child’s health is “completely impermissible in law”, the Delhi high court said on Thursday as it directed Google to take down from its platforms certain videos which claimed that Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai’s daughter Aaradhya was “critically ill” and …

Right To Be Forgotten | Kerala High Court Refuses To Expunge Remarks Suggesting Google To Use AI Tools To Remove Identifiers From Judgments Online
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Right To Be Forgotten | Kerala High Court Refuses To Expunge Remarks Suggesting Google To Use AI Tools To Remove Identifiers From Judgments Online

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently refused to expunge remarks from its Right to be Forgotten judgment, whereby it was opined that Google is not 'content blind' and it cannot shirk liability to remove judgments and content disclosing personal details of parties.The Division Bench comprising Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen dismissed the petition filed by the search. …

Delhi Court Directs Google & Facebook To Block Alleged Defamatory Videos Posted Against Modicare Limited [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Court Directs Google & Facebook To Block Alleged Defamatory Videos Posted Against Modicare Limited [Read Order]

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The Patiala House Courts on Tuesday directed the search engine giant Google and social media site Facebook to block the alleged defamatory videos posted against Modicare Limited, a direct selling company. The order was passed by Senior Civil Judge cum Rent Controller Vikrant Vaid, who granted this relief to Modicare and restrained Ramila Rana from making any unverified, unsubstantiated, and …

Madras HC Restrains Youtuber Maridhas From Posting Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18 [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Madras HC Restrains Youtuber Maridhas From Posting Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18 [Read Order]

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The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to News 18 Tamil Nadu which was aggrieved by a "vitriolic attack" on its reputation by YouTuber Maridhas, who has accused the channel and its senior officials of religious bias. The single bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan has directed Maridhas to take down five videos, allegedly defamatory to the channel as …

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HC Directs Facebook, Google to Remove Offending Material on Sasikala

News 18  

The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed Facebook and Google to remove alleged derogatory material related to BJP leader Sasikala Pushpa who claimed that her image was being tarnished by purported morphed photos and videos with a man on social media. A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh also stayed the June 2 judgement of a single judge relating …

SC: Intermediaries like Google can't claim protection from defamation
5 years, 3 months ago

SC: Intermediaries like Google can't claim protection from defamation

The Quint  

New Delhi, Dec 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that intermediaries like Google cannot claim any protection for publishing defamatory content online prior to the 2009 amendment to Section 79 of the Information Technology Act. The court verdict came on an appeal filed by Google India against the verdict given by the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The case before …

'Take Down Order Will Have Chilling Effect On Free Speech' : Google Tells Delhi HC In Subodh Gupta Case [Read Affidavit]
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'Take Down Order Will Have Chilling Effect On Free Speech' : Google Tells Delhi HC In Subodh Gupta Case [Read Affidavit]

Live Law  

In the latest development in Subodh Gupta case, Google has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking vacation of the ad-interim injunction order to block certain URLs containing sexual harassment allegations against Indian contemporary artist, Subodh Gupta. Further contending that the words "actual knowledge" under Section 79 of the IT Act were attributable to "due adjudication" through a …

YouTube Takes Down Video 'Defaming' Patanjali Products After Baba Ramdev Sues Them In Delhi HC [Read Order]
6 years ago

YouTube Takes Down Video 'Defaming' Patanjali Products After Baba Ramdev Sues Them In Delhi HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The YouTube removed a video which allegedly defamed Patanjali Products and Baba Ramdev, as Delhi High Court observed that the video is extremely offending in nature. Patanjali Ayurved Limited and Swami Ramdev through his Power of Attorney holder had approached the High Court alleging that it came across a video uploaded by some unknown person who made several defamatory, disparaging …

Google, Facebook, WhatsApp agree with Centre to stamp out rape, child porn videos
6 years, 3 months ago

Google, Facebook, WhatsApp agree with Centre to stamp out rape, child porn videos

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said the Centre and Internet giants, including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, were in agreement that videos of rape, child pornography and objectionable material needed to be “stamped out”. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit noted that intermediaries have “different reactions” to suggestions given earlier by the Centre, which included …

Linking Social Media A/C To Aadhaar: Madras HC Tells YouTube, Google LLC To Enter Appearance Even As Notice Served On Google India
6 years, 4 months ago

Linking Social Media A/C To Aadhaar: Madras HC Tells YouTube, Google LLC To Enter Appearance Even As Notice Served On Google India

Live Law  

In no mood to delay the proceedings in a PIL revolving around linking online identity of users with Aadhaar or other government-authorised ID proof and making social media companies duty-bound to assist probe agencies in criminal matters especially cyber crimes, the Madras High Court has directed Google LLC and YouTube to appear before it even as the notice issued to …

Madras HC Issues Notice To FB, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google, YouTube On Plea For Linking Aadhaar To E-Mail, Other Accounts
6 years, 6 months ago

Madras HC Issues Notice To FB, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google, YouTube On Plea For Linking Aadhaar To E-Mail, Other Accounts

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has issued a notice to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp and Google after it came to know during the hearing of a petition that social media companies do not provide details in case of commission of any cyber crime.A bench of Justice S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad issued a notice to these service providers as it enlarged …

Delhi HC Grants Ex Parte Interim Injunction Against Certain Videos ‘Defaming’ Patanjali On Social Media [Read Order]
6 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC Grants Ex Parte Interim Injunction Against Certain Videos ‘Defaming’ Patanjali On Social Media [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has granted ad-interim ex parte injunction against one Meera Kumar, an ex-employee of Divya Pharmacy, a subsidiary of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, and directed other three respondents Facebook, Google and YouTube to pull down some of her videos.Patanjali Ayurved Ltd had sought removal of some videos uploaded on YouTube and other social media platforms by Meera Kumar.Justice. …

Delhi HC Grants Ex Parte Interim Injunction Against Certain Videos ‘Defaming’ Patanjali On Social Media [Read Order]
6 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC Grants Ex Parte Interim Injunction Against Certain Videos ‘Defaming’ Patanjali On Social Media [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has granted ad-interim ex parte injunction against one Meera Kumar, an ex-employee of Divya Pharmacy, a subsidiary of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, and directed other three respondents Facebook, Google and YouTube to pull down some of her videos.Patanjali Ayurved Ltd had sought removal of some videos uploaded on YouTube and other social media platforms by Meera Kumar.Justice. …

Delhi Court Tells Google India To Remove Offensive Videos Against Sikhism Featuring Sakshi Bhardwaj In 7 Days [Read Order]
7 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Court Tells Google India To Remove Offensive Videos Against Sikhism Featuring Sakshi Bhardwaj In 7 Days [Read Order]

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A Delhi court on Thursday directed Google India to remove all videos featuring Delhi girl Sakshi Bhardwaj making offensive remarks and hate speeches against Sikh gurus and Sikh religion in general within 7 days.Civil judge Jasjeet Kaur granted ex-parte interim injunction in favour of petitioner GS Walia, chief commercial inspector in Northern Railways, who had moved court against Google India. …

Delhi Court Tells Google India To Remove Offensive Videos Against Sikhism Featuring Sakshi Bhardwaj In 7 Days [Read Order]
7 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Court Tells Google India To Remove Offensive Videos Against Sikhism Featuring Sakshi Bhardwaj In 7 Days [Read Order]

Live Law  

A Delhi court on Thursday directed Google India to remove all videos featuring Delhi girl Sakshi Bhardwaj making offensive remarks and hate speeches against Sikh gurus and Sikh religion in general within 7 days.Civil judge Jasjeet Kaur granted ex-parte interim injunction in favour of petitioner GS Walia, chief commercial inspector in Northern Railways, who had moved court against Google India. …

Supreme Court has sought details of complaints to Google, Facebook, WhatsApp over uploading of objectionable content
7 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court has sought details of complaints to Google, Facebook, WhatsApp over uploading of objectionable content

Firstpost  

A division bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice UU Lalit asked them to submit details in 2016 and in 2017 till 31 August. The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of complaints received by internet majors like Google, Yahoo and Facebook and instant messaging application WhatsApp in India regarding uploading of objectionable contents on child pornography, rape and …

Supreme Court asks Google about internal mechanism to identify and take down obscene content
8 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court asks Google about internal mechanism to identify and take down obscene content

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court today sought to know from internet service provider Google whether it could “prevent” uploading of obscene contents like videos of sexual violence on websites. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and U U Lalit asked Google about its internal mechanism or “in-house procedure” to identify such obscene contents posted on websites and also about “how much …

Supreme Court to Google: Can uploading of obscene videos be prevented?
8 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court to Google: Can uploading of obscene videos be prevented?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to know from Internet service provider Google whether it could “prevent” uploading of obscene contents like videos of sexual violence on websites. Lalit asked Google about its internal mechanism or “in-house procedure” to identify such obscene content posted on websites and also about “how much can they do to prevent it”. We …

YouTube cannot host content that violates Indian laws: Delhi High Court
8 years, 7 months ago

YouTube cannot host content that violates Indian laws: Delhi High Court

India TV News  

Delhi High Court has directed that video-sharing website YouTube was obliged not to host any content which violates the laws currently in force. "In terms of Rule 3 of the Information Technology Intermediaries Guidelines, YouTube is obliged not to host content that violates any law for the time being in force," Justice S Muralidhar said. The court said, "There could …

US court reconsiders decision on pulling anti-Muslim film from YouTube
10 years, 3 months ago

US court reconsiders decision on pulling anti-Muslim film from YouTube

Firstpost  

A federal appeals court will reconsider a decision to order YouTube to take down an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors. Los Angeles: A federal appeals court will reconsider a decision to order YouTube to take down an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East and death …

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