Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched an offensive against social media giant Facebook, saying that concerns voiced by the company in the Supreme Court about citizen privacy fly in the face of its own “primary business model” to commercialise users’ data. The Tamil Nadu government, in a detailed 24-page reply drawn by Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan and settled by State Advocate General Vijay Narayan, said Facebook’s concern about privacy was a “red herring”. ‘Fallacious reference’ The State said the “fallacious” reference to privacy was raised by Facebook to distract the Supreme Court from its own non-compliance with the Indian law. The High Court is looking into effective compliance by social media companies like Facebook with the provisions of the Information Technology Act to help detect cyber crimes.

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Have Social Media Intermediaries Taken Down Ads Of Medicines For Which Licenses Were Suspended? Supreme Court Asks Patanjali
6 months ago

Have Social Media Intermediaries Taken Down Ads Of Medicines For Which Licenses Were Suspended? Supreme Court Asks Patanjali

Live Law  

During the hearing of the misleading ads case pending against it, the Supreme Court today asked Patanjali whether pursuant to its notice, intermediaries and social-media platforms have taken down ads relating to the 14 Ayurvedic medicines for which licenses were suspended by Uttarakhand State Licensing Authorities.The bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta was dealing with an. During the …

S. Ve Shekher case | Persons who forward abusive social media posts cannot shirk liability: Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

S. Ve Shekher case | Persons who forward abusive social media posts cannot shirk liability: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court made it clear to actor and former MLA S. Ve Shekher on Friday, August 18 that a person who mechanically forwards abusive or derogatory social media posts without actually reading or thinking them through is liable to face the consequences, which may extend to criminal action. “Why do you have to forward social media posts even when …

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21
1 year, 6 months ago

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21

Live Mint  

The monsoon session of Indian Parliament will likely take up a bill framed in response to the Supreme Court ruling of 24 August 2017 that said privacy is a fundamental right. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, a draft of which was published last year to replace an unwieldy earlier proposal, got Cabinet approval this week as part of the …

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky
1 year, 7 months ago

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark 4-1 verdict in 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, but struck down section 57, which allowed the use of Aadhaar authentication and E-KYC by private companies to establish an identity for delivering services. Explaining its ruling, the top court said that the section struck at the heart of an individual’s privacy, …

Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Against Insistence On Aadhaar Authentication With Electricity Connection
2 years ago

Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Against Insistence On Aadhaar Authentication With Electricity Connection

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging a Government Order issued by the Energy Department permitting Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation to insist on linkage of Aadhaar number with electricity consumption consumer billing number for availing certain services. The court noted as under, Thus, when the Aadhaar authentication is required from such persons who …

Ensure equal Net privacy for Indians and others: Centre
2 years, 3 months ago

Ensure equal Net privacy for Indians and others: Centre

The Hindu  

The government on Thursday stated in the Supreme Court that it expects social media companies, however “big” they were, to treat Indian users’ privacy on a par with foreign customers. Howsoever big the MNC be, if you are operating in India, you have to comply with the laws of India and have to treat Indian citizens with an equal degree …

[WhatsApp Privacy Policy] There Has To Be Some End To 'Luxury To Litigate': Delhi High Court To Facebook's Indian Subsidiary
2 years, 3 months ago

[WhatsApp Privacy Policy] There Has To Be Some End To 'Luxury To Litigate': Delhi High Court To Facebook's Indian Subsidiary

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed Facebook India Online Services Private Limited's petition challenging the probe initiated by Competition Commission of India against it in connection with the national regulator's investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy of 2021. The Facebook India Online Services Private Limited is the subsidiary of Facebook Inc or Meta, the multinational technological company. Senior Advocate Parag …

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate
3 years ago

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared a draft legislation on electoral reforms seeking to use Aadhaar numbers for identification and verification of voters, with the central government maintaining the process would weed out duplicate and fake voter IDs. In Section 23, the amendment seeks to include new clauses authorising electoral registration officers to seek the Aadhaar numbers of people who …

Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Facebook On Plea For Action Against Impersonation And Other Privacy Concerns In The Platform
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Facebook On Plea For Action Against Impersonation And Other Privacy Concerns In The Platform

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Facebook in a plea of breach of privacy and impersonation, which takes on the social media platforms. While admitting the petition, Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notices to Facebook Inc and its Indian subsidiary within a week on rules/procedure/mechanism for redressal of the complaints, including cyber-crimes on their platform and. While admitting …

Bombay High Court Dismisses Sanatan Sanstha's Petition Against Facebook For Blocking Their Page
3 years, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Dismisses Sanatan Sanstha's Petition Against Facebook For Blocking Their Page

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court at Goa, on Monday, dismissed Sanatan Sanstha's petition challenging Facebook's decision to block their social media page for violating their community standards. Regarding one of Sanatan's initial prayers to direct the Union and State to devise a mechanism to control social media platforms like Facebook, the court said, "These are mainly matters of policy and it …

Facebook Can't Disrupt India's 'Unity In Diversity' Claiming Ignorance Or Lack Of Pivotal Role : Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook Can't Disrupt India's 'Unity In Diversity' Claiming Ignorance Or Lack Of Pivotal Role : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Facebook cannot take a "simplistic approach" that it is merely a platform posting third party content with no role in generating, controlling or modulating information, observed the Supreme Court while rejecting its India head's plea to quash the summons issued by the Delhi Assembly asking him to appear before a panel probing Delhi riots.The Supreme Court observed that Facebook's role …

SC says Facebook needs to be accountable, upholds Delhi Assembly's right to summon it in riots case
3 years, 6 months ago

SC says Facebook needs to be accountable, upholds Delhi Assembly's right to summon it in riots case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Delhi Assembly's right to summon and compel entities like Facebook to appear before its committees on grounds of its privilege. Hearing a plea filed by Facebook India's MD Ajit Mohan challenging the Delhi Assembly's summon to appear before it in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots, the Supreme Court held that digital platforms …

"Open To Petitioner To Live In The Stone Age, Courts Can't Impose Sanctions On How Media/Social Media Operates": Madras HC
3 years, 10 months ago

"Open To Petitioner To Live In The Stone Age, Courts Can't Impose Sanctions On How Media/Social Media Operates": Madras HC

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking directions to the respondents to take necessary steps to control, monitor, guide, and to form a panel of censor members of the social platforms. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice R. Hemalatha was hearing the plea wherein one S. Umamaheswaran who prayed before the Court to exercise its …

Supreme Court notice to WhatsApp: ‘People value privacy more than money’
3 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court notice to WhatsApp: ‘People value privacy more than money’

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday told WhatsApp and Facebook that Indians valued their privacy more than the trillions of dollars the social media firms were worth, even as the companies sought to argue that the apprehension over a contentious new privacy policy was a “red herring”. A top court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, decided to …

Facebook found no element in Bajrang Dal's content to necessitate ban, says company’s India head Ajit Mohan
4 years ago

Facebook found no element in Bajrang Dal's content to necessitate ban, says company’s India head Ajit Mohan

Firstpost  

Mohan was summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to discuss the data safety of users New Delhi: Facebook’s India head Ajit Mohan deposed before a parliamentary panel on Wednesday and suggested that the social media company’s fact-checking team has so far found no such element that necessitates a ban on the …

Allowing Videos/Photos Of Rape Victims To Remain On Social Media Is Violative Of Their Fundamental Right To Privacy: Orissa HC Moots Statutory Recognition Of 'Right To Be Forgotten'
4 years, 1 month ago

Allowing Videos/Photos Of Rape Victims To Remain On Social Media Is Violative Of Their Fundamental Right To Privacy: Orissa HC Moots Statutory Recognition Of 'Right To Be Forgotten'

Live Law  

Emphasizing the need for statutory recognition of 'right to be forgotten', the Orissa High Court observed that allowing objectionable photos and videos of rape victims to remain on a social media platform is a violation of their right to privacy. Presently, there is no statute in India which provides for the right to be forgotten/getting the photos erased from the …

Unlock 1: TN Govt Asks Salons to Note Aadhaar Numbers of Customers
4 years, 7 months ago

Unlock 1: TN Govt Asks Salons to Note Aadhaar Numbers of Customers

The Quint  

Looking forward to visiting a salon after over two months of lockdown? Well, the Tamil Nadu government has made it mandatory for customers visiting spas, beauty parlours and salons to share their Aadhaar card numbers from Tuesday, 2 June. Customer details such as name, address, phone number and Aadhaar number should be mandatorily noted by owners of spas, beauty parlours …

No proposal to link social media users’ profiles with Aadhaar: Govt
4 years, 11 months ago

No proposal to link social media users’ profiles with Aadhaar: Govt

The Hindu  

The government on Wednesday said there is no proposal to link social media profiles of users with their Aadhaar numbers and asserted that steps are being taken to curb spreading of fake news and pornography through social media platforms. According to him, the government has taken several steps to keep a check on the spread of fake news, pornographic and …

"Today Google Knows More About You Than Your Spouse-" Justice V Ramasubramanian On 'Right To Privacy: New Age Challenges'
5 years ago

"Today Google Knows More About You Than Your Spouse-" Justice V Ramasubramanian On 'Right To Privacy: New Age Challenges'

Live Law  

It is indeed a privilege to be invited deliver a Memorial Lecture instituted in the name of Justice V.R. Sharma vs. Satish Chandra, where the Supreme Court held that there is no justification to import the right to privacy into our Constitution by a process of strained construction, analogous to American Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court affirmed in this case …

Aadhaar linking case: HC says no to order of linking social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN
5 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar linking case: HC says no to order of linking social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN

Firstpost  

HC says it would lead to data of genuine account holders going ‘unnecessarily’ to foreign countries. The Delhi High Court Monday declined to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card for weeding out fake accounts, saying it would lead to data of genuine account holders, who are much more in number, going “unnecessarily” to …

Delhi HC declines to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN
5 years, 1 month ago

Delhi HC declines to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday declined to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card for weeding out fake accounts, saying it would lead to data of genuine account holders, who are much more in number, going "unnecessarily" to foreign countries. It said that in the instant case, linking of social media accounts …

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms

The Hindu  

A Bench of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and B.R. Gavai of the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government and the Unique Identification Authority of India to respond to a petition alleging that recent amendments to the Aadhaar law opened the back door to private players to access citizens’ sensitive personal data. “The impugned Act creates a …

Parliament proceedings: No Aadhaar-social media link plan
5 years, 1 month ago

Parliament proceedings: No Aadhaar-social media link plan

The Hindu  

The government has no proposal to link Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Parliament on Wednesday. “There is no such proposal with government for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals,” the Minister said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. On a question about the government …

No proposal to link social media accounts of individuals to Aadhaar: Ravi Shankar Prasad
5 years, 1 month ago

No proposal to link social media accounts of individuals to Aadhaar: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Live Mint  

The government has no proposal for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. "There is no such proposal with the government for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals," Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. He was replying to a specific …

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar
5 years, 2 months ago

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court, seeking linkage of Social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter, with Aadhaar Cards. Accordingly, Upadhyay has approached the high court, seeking the above said relief, so as to weed out all fake social media accounts, frequently used by political parties and contesting candidates for self-promotion and other "electioneering activities", …

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY
5 years, 2 months ago

Stricter social media regulations in India to be finalised in three months: MeitY

Firstpost  

The internet has emerged as a potent tool to cause “unimaginable disruption” to democratic polity, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday while seeking three more months for finalising and notifying the rules that would regulate the functioning of social media intermediaries in the country. ‘Disruption to democratic polity’ The affidavit filed by Pankaj Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, said, …

Internet can cause unimaginable disruption to democratic polity, Centre tells SC
5 years, 2 months ago

Internet can cause unimaginable disruption to democratic polity, Centre tells SC

The Hindu  

Internet has emerged as a potent tool that can cause unimaginable disruption to the democratic polity, the government has told the Supreme Court. The Ministry of Information Technology said in an affidavit that rules to regulate social media intermediaries needed to be revised. Internet had led to an exponential rise in “anti-national activities.” The government said in the “last few …

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts
5 years, 2 months ago

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the Centre to take steps for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar to check the menace of “fake and paid news“. The apex court is already hearing a separate petition filed by Facebook Inc seeking transfer of cases related to Aadhaar linking with social media accounts …

MP Mahua Moitra Intervenes In Whatsapp Traceability Case In Madras HC
5 years, 3 months ago

MP Mahua Moitra Intervenes In Whatsapp Traceability Case In Madras HC

Live Law  

MP Mahua Moitra, who is also a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, has sought impleadment as a Respondent in the Whatsapp Traceability case being heard by the Madras High Court. During the course of hearing, the Madras High Court said that it was not considering the prayer of aadhaar-social media linkage and was instead considering the …

Plea filed in SC for linkage of social media with Aadhaar
5 years, 3 months ago

Plea filed in SC for linkage of social media with Aadhaar

India TV News  

A public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court seeking to link social media sites including Twitter and Facebook with Aadhaar to weed out duplicate and fake accounts and control fake news. The plea has been filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay who has sought direction to the Central government to take the necessary steps to deactivate duplicate, …

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]
5 years, 3 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking linkage of Social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter, with Aadhaar Cards. The plea also sought in the alternative directions to the Central Government to take apposite steps to deactivate fake and ghost social media accounts in order to control fake and paid news. Considerably, Section 126 of the …

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Curb social media misuse: Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to state in three we-eks the time it needed to put in place rules to regulate and make accountable social media platform, so as to address state security concerns, individuals’ reputations and other misuse. Seeking a response from the information technology ministry on the time-frame for the rules that would …

'Misuse Of Social Media Has Become Dangerous' : SC Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Guidelines To Prevent Misuse [Read Order]
5 years, 3 months ago

'Misuse Of Social Media Has Become Dangerous' : SC Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Guidelines To Prevent Misuse [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to file an affidavit regarding framing of guidelines to prevent misuse of social media by balancing the interests of online privacy and state sovereignty. Concerns of national security are also to be kept in mind, added the bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.The bench was considering the petition filed …

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules
5 years, 3 months ago

‘Strike a balance’: Supreme Court’s advice to Centre on framing social media rules

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has given the Union government three weeks to submit details of its progress in coming up with regulations to prevent misuse of social media, while protecting the privacy of individuals. Supreme Court has given the Centre three weeks to file an affidavit on regulating fake news and messages on social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp …

Right To Access Internet : Kerala HC's Guiding Light To SC
5 years, 3 months ago

Right To Access Internet : Kerala HC's Guiding Light To SC

Live Law  

In Kashmir, for the last 47 days, 1.25 crore people have been deprived of their Right to Information encompassed under Article 19 of the Constitution of India, and the pin-drop silence in the halls of the Supreme Court is virtually its acquiescence of the abrogation of this Fundamental Right. that the Supreme Court declared that the Right to Access Internet …

'Right To Access Internet Is Part Of Right To Privacy And Right To Education' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 3 months ago

'Right To Access Internet Is Part Of Right To Privacy And Right To Education' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Kerala on Thursday declared that right to access internet is a fundamental right forming part of right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. "When the Human Rights Council of the United Nations have found that right to access to Internet is a fundamental freedom and a tool to …

Supreme Court seeks status of social media law
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court seeks status of social media law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to tell if the Information Technology Rules, 2018, for making social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google and Youtube — to comply with Indian laws would be in place in a ‘very near future’ or they are still in the realm of conjuncture. The draft of the said rules …

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a plea by Facebook to call forth petitions pending in various high courts concerning the linking of social media accounts of users with their Aadhaar numbers. Justice Gupta said the court wants to know whether the Centre was working on any law on linking Aadhaar or an authentic government identity proof with …

Facebook Not Complying With Indian Law, Resulting In Lawlessness: Tamil Nadu To Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook Not Complying With Indian Law, Resulting In Lawlessness: Tamil Nadu To Supreme Court

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government claimed in the Supreme Court on Thursday that Facebook Inc and other social media companies are not complying with Indian laws, resulting in "increased lawlessness" and difficulties in "detecting crimes". "While the transfer petition proceeds on the sole premise that the cases in the Madras High Court relate to mandatory linking of social media …

Aadhaar-social media linking: 10 things to know about the ongoing issue
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar-social media linking: 10 things to know about the ongoing issue

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court earlier this week that social media profiles of users should be linked with their Aadhaar numbers to keep a check on the spread of fake news, pornographic and anti-national content, among other things. -- Attorney General KK Venugopal appeared for the Tamil Nadu government in the Supreme Court to stress the need …

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage
5 years, 4 months ago

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage

The Hindu  

The submissions in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government in support of linking social media profiles of registered users with their Aadhaar numbers are not well-founded in the law as it now stands. It is noteworthy that a Division Bench of the Madras High Court, which is hearing two writ petitions on this matter, did not …

Madras HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking linking of Aadhar with social media accounts to 19 Sept
5 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking linking of Aadhar with social media accounts to 19 Sept

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre, Google, WhatsApp, Twitter, YouTube and others on Tuesday on Facebook Inc’s plea seeking transfer of the pending cases related to linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar in different high courts to the apex court Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a plea seeking linking of …

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories
5 years, 4 months ago

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories

Firstpost  

INX Media scandal a classic case of system manipulation; ED notice brings end to P Chidambram’s methods of evading agencies P Chidambaram gave evasive replies to the probe agencies while he was under protective cover extended to him by the court. Congress in Assam: Despite a series of defeats, young bloods prepare to fight back and help party ‘rise like …

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: SC to Hear Facebook’s Plea on Friday
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: SC to Hear Facebook’s Plea on Friday

The Quint  

The two-member bench said, the policy issues can be decided by the high courts and it has jurisdiction to do so but the question is that the current issue has larger ramification. The top court asked senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Facebook Inc, and Kapil Sibal, appearing for WhatsApp, to explain what would be the effect of recent amendments …

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government
5 years, 4 months ago

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a plea by Facebook and its unit WhatsApp to transfer to the top court all petitions related to linking Aadhaar to individual profiles pending before different high courts. The apex court also issued notice to Google, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies seeking a response by 13 …

T N Government Bats For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking; SC Issues Notice In Facebook's Transfer Petition
5 years, 4 months ago

T N Government Bats For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking; SC Issues Notice In Facebook's Transfer Petition

Live Law  

Linking of social media accounts with Aaadhar will help prevent the spread of fake news, pornography, anti-national content and cyber abuse, submitted Attorney General K K Venugopal in Supreme Court on Tuesday, while appearing for Tamil Nadu Government in Facebook's transfer petition.Facebook Inc has approached the SC seeking transfer of cases filed in the High Courts of Madras, Bombay and. …

Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told
5 years, 4 months ago

Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told

Live Mint  

Social media profiles of users need to be linked with Aadhaar numbers to check circulation of fake, defamatory and pornographic content as also anti-national and terror material, the Supreme Court was told on Monday. Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the state government, said: "The linking of social media profiles of the users with the Aadhaar was needed to …

Facebook Seeks Transfer Of Cases Pending In HCs For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking To SC
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Seeks Transfer Of Cases Pending In HCs For Aadhaar-Social Media Linking To SC

Live Law  

Facebook Inc has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of cases pending in three High Courts for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar.The bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose deferred the hearing of the transfer petition till Tuesday.The petition has been filed stating that the cases pending in the High Courts of Madras, Bombay and …

Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told
5 years, 4 months ago

Social media accounts need to be linked with Aadhaar to check fake news, SC told

India Today  

Social media profiles of users need to be linked with Aadhaar numbers to check the circulation of fake, defamatory and pornographic content as also anti-national and terror material, the Supreme Court was told on Monday. Attorney General KK Venugopal, appearing for the state government, said: "The linking of social media profiles of the users with the Aadhaar was needed to …

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