Facebook India asserts it is not responsible for user content

The quiet on the lawsuit accusing 21 social networking websites in the country for allegedly hosting objectionable content doesn’t mean it’s over. It said that it is being wrongly prosecuted under the incorrect description of ‘Facebook’ and stated that its correct addressal is ‘Facebook India Online Services Pvt Ltd’.” …and the trial continues … Importantly, Facebook India added that it did not control or operate the servers, which host the Facebook.com website, located in the U.S. Facebook India, reportedly further in its statement added that the ‘objectionable content’ lawsuit that has been filed against it, is deliberate and has been done with ulterior motives. In its written statement, which it filed before Additional Civil Judge Praveen Singh, Facebook India added, “The plaintiff has filed the present suit with ulterior motives to harass Facebook. The present suit is a gross abuse of the process of law and filed with ulterior motive of publicity and causing harassment to it.” It was late last year, when reports about Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi, the founder of Fatwaonline.org filing a lawsuit against 21 social networking websites in the country first surfaced. The government then issued notices to some 21 social networking websites, including popular ones like Facebook, Google, YouTube, among others, asking them to sanitize their content or face a ban.