New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday modified a 2022 interim injunction in the defamation case brought by Union minister Smriti Irani against three Congress leaders — Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D’Souza.
The modification addresses the role of social media platforms, especially X, YouTube and Meta, in removing content deemed defamatory towards Smriti Irani and her daughter.
Originally, the court’s directive to these platforms was broad, demanding the removal of not only specific allegations, videos, posts, tweets and retweets, but also any content “similar thereto”, including morphed pictures.
This created a challenge for the platforms, as it implied a need for ongoing monitoring and assessment of content to ensure compliance.
Social media intermediaries sought clarification or modification, citing the impracticality of constant content monitoring and the removal of “anything similar” to the identified defamatory content.
Responding to these concerns, Justice Prateek Jalan modified the order. Now, if Smriti Irani identifies any content as violative of the injunction, she must first request the uploader to remove it.
If the content remains after three days, she can then approach the social media platforms directly. The platforms, upon receiving such a request, will have three days to decide if the content indeed violates the injunction and, if so, remove it.
However, if the platforms determine the content does not breach the order, the minister is entitled to challenge the decision in court.
The case against the Congress leaders stems from allegations levelled against Smriti Irani and her daughter concerning the operation of a restaurant in Goa, seeking both removal of the ‘defamatory’ content and prevention of further ‘false allegations’.
–IANS
spr/arm
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
