Facebook, Google Can be Blocked: Warns Delhi High Court

Facebook, Google Can be Blocked: Warns Delhi High Court

Social Networking site Facebook and Search Engine Google can be blocked like in China, if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages, says the Delhi High Court. Justice Suresh Kait said this today while asking counsel for Facebook and Google India to develop a mechanism to keep a check and remove "offensive and objectionable" material from their web pages. Justice Kait, who did not stay the proceedings against the two websites before magistrate's court, however agreed with the plea of lawyers that they would not press for an effective hearing in the trial court tomorrow.

Former Additional Solicitor General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Google India, said the postings of "obscene, objectionable and defamatory" articles and other things cannot be "filtered" or "monitored". "No human interference is possible, and moreover, it can't be feasible to check such incidents. Billions of people across the globe, post their articles on the website. Yes, they may be defamatory, obscene but cannot be checked," he said.

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