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'Clean up your website': Indian court orders Facebook and Google to remove 'anti-religious' content

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...le-ordered-remove-anti-religious-content.html

Social websites including Google and Facebook have been ordered by an Indian court to remove all 'anti-religious' and 'anti-social' content within six weeks.

On Saturday a Delhi Court ordered 22 social networking sites, including Yahoo and Microsoft, to wipe the objectionable and defamatory contents and file compliance reports by February 6, 2012.

Additional Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar passed the order on a suit filed by Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi seeking to restrain the websites from circulating objectionable and defamatory contents.

Qasmi had objected to a number of images on the websites which he complained would cause 'irreparable loss and injury to the people who are offended by them'.

He argued that some of the images defamed Hindu gods, Prophet Mohammed and other religious figures, India Today website reported.

The order will raise serious questions about how users' posts and opinions will be edited, censorship and freedom of expression.


IT Minister Kapil Sibal says he is not censoring internet users, but wants to remove degrading images

On December 22 Judge Kumar had issued summonses to the social networking sites, demanding they remove photographs, videos or texts that might offend religious sentiments, the Hindustan Times website reported.

The order comes a day after a criminal court issued summonses to the sites for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable contents.

Santosh Pandey, appearing for complainant Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi, told The Hindu Times after the court hearing that the websites have to submit a report to the court by February 6 describing the action they had taken to remove the contents from the websites.

Representatives of Yahoo India Pvt Ltd and Microsoft told the court that they had not got copies of the order and complaint against them, but Qasmi's counsel told the court that he would supply the relevant documents to them, according to the Hindustan Times.

The order comes at a controversial time as IT minister Kapil Sibal had recently discussed with representatives of some of the companies ways to guarantee the offensive contents are not posted.

India Today quoted him as saying: 'There were some demeaning, degrading, clearly pornographic depictions of gods and goddesses which no reasonable, sensible person anywhere in the world would accept, on any site.

The minister insisted he was not smothering free speech but was suggesting screening possible 'incendiary' material.

The Hindu Times reported Facebook India, Facebook, Google India Pvt Ltd, Google Orkut, Youtube, Blogspot, Microsoft India Pvt Ltd, Microsoft, Zombie Time, Exboii, Boardreader, IMC India, My Lot, Shyni Blog and Topix were all given the order.

A Google spokesperson told the website: 'We comply with valid court orders wherever possible, consistent with our long standing policy.

'We're yet to receive the details of this order and can't comment on this specific case.'
 

Thunderballs

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I'm sure Zuckerberg will get right on that.
 

Hip

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Posting antireligious commentary on my profile as we speak. Take that India!
 

TeeJay

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.... well India is a member of the G20 so I think it's pretty significant to see Religious-motivated censorship occurring.
Seriously?
Other than possibly USA is there any other member of the G20 that does not support censorship? (Its illegal in Canada even...)

(& for that matter, what does the economics have to do with a religion vs free speech debate anyways???)
 

Jennifer_

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Seriously?
Other than possibly USA is there any other member of the G20 that does not support censorship? (Its illegal in Canada even...)

(& for that matter, what does the economics have to do with a religion vs free speech debate anyways???)
It's illegal in Canada to post hate - not differing Religious views or views that may not co-incide with Religious beliefs.

I mentioned the fact that India has some significance in the Global economy because :

a - the poster I quoted referred to India as an unimportant 'developing country'
and
b - any country with a significant place in the global economy can effect our economy if say - they decide not to play nice with a country that doesn't have the same religious values as they do. I realize it's all hypothetical - I just see it as worth noting..

Just like my disdain for the British PM's stance on Christianity, the significance Religion plays in the United States and the Middle East, I'm uncomfortable to see any court ruling promoting censorship based on Religion.
 

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We should care about all people who are living in oppressive states. When everyone lives free we all benefit.
nope... can't say that I care
I must say I agree with WIYD. When all 7 billion "live free", i.e live like us, they are all gonna want clean water, power stations, healthy food, air-conditioned houses, electricity, cars, blackberries, and all the rest. The earth is struggling now to make good the consumption of the existing free countries.

"Live free" means "free to consume". If all the people are gonna be free, the earth will see to it, somehow, that there are fewer people. Not so good. The hope for our free grandchildren is that many world leaders will continue to do what they can to keep their populations ignorant and superstitious -- i.e will continue to kneel to religion. A nation that thinks terrorism is a noble cause is not to be feared, in the long term -- given that that is the limit of what they can think of.

The emerging mass of educated enlightened responsible caring creative thinkers pose a far greater danger, long term, than the emerging mass of ignorant bigots.
 

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I'm sure Zuckerberg will get right on that.
You mean that dumb kid that doesn't know how to run Facebook, for which he will collapse all of Silicon Valley with it, including Zynga and all the board of directors? In Google's case, they are already infringing all copyrights and trademarks in the United States....their ass is already pointed out for a huge kick. The two "OO" in Google are a pair of ass-cheeks.

Gyaos Baltar.
 

TeeJay

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It's illegal in Canada to post hate - not differing Religious views or views that may not co-incide with Religious beliefs.

Just like my disdain for the British PM's stance on Christianity, the significance Religion plays in the United States and the Middle East, I'm uncomfortable to see any court ruling promoting censorship based on Religion.
The censorship is based on defamation of it's religion; a hate crime is something else altogether

The minister insisted he was not smothering free speech but was suggesting screening possible 'incendiary' material.
How is this any different than say the US church of Scientology who has successfully sued people who denounce their religion publicly?
 
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