Saturday, December 31, 2011

Court in India Orders Facebook, Google and Others to Delete "Anti-Religious" Posts

The always excellent Volokh Conspiracy relays that:


"The Times of India reports that the material included “derogatory articles on Prophet Mohammad, Jesus Christ and Hindu gods and goddesses.” “‘The contents are certainly disrespectful to the religious sentiments and faith and seem to be intended to outrage the feelings of religious people whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian,’ the magistrate said.”

The article does not indicate whether this is somehow targeted to Indian-hosted material, or to material being asked using identifiably Indian IP addresses, or whether this would in effect require the companies to delete all material put up by anyone, given that it can potentially be accessed in India."

http://volokh.com/2011/12/30/indian-court-orders-facebook-and-others-to-delete-anti-religious-and-anti-social-posts/

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