[governance] Google removes offensive webpages as ordered by Indian court,(Xinhua)

[Riaz K Tayob]

  Google removes offensive webpages as ordered by Indian court


      (Xinhua <http://www.xinhuanet.com/english2010/>)


      15:17, February 07, 2012
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NEW DELHI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-based search giant Google has 
told a trial court in the Indian capital that it has removed certain 
offensive webpages from the web in compliance with the court's order, 
local media reported Tuesday.

Google India informed the court of additional civil judge Praveen Singh 
that as per its directions, the search giant has removed the contents, 
the daily The Times of India reported.

The court had last December directed Google and 21 other websites, many 
foreign-based, to remove all the objectionable content in the form of 
photographs, videos or texts which might hurt religious sentiments.

Meanwhile, Facebook India told the court that it does not control or 
operate the servers that host the website available at www.facebook.com, 
which are located in the United States.

In fact, the court's order was in the wake of a civil case filed by a 
man who sought removal of "anti-religious" or "anti- social" content in 
the form of photographs, videos or texts which might hurt religious 
sentiments.

While Facebook and Google India filed their compliance reports, Yahoo! 
and Microsoft filed applications for deletion of their names from the 
civil complaint stating that there was no allegation against them of 
webcasting any objectionable content, the report said.

After the hearing, the court directed the accused to file compliance 
report within 15 days from the date of the order while fixing the matter 
for further arguments on March 1.

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