Document type
Court Decision
Country
Summoned executives from Google, Facebook, Twitter and other companies to remove objectionable content from their website within the prescribed time period failing to which may result into blocking of the websites in India and the executives facing trial for criminal conspiracy. The case centred on a petition filed by a journalist named Vinay Rai, who referred to obscene depictions online of Jesus Christ, the Prophet Mohammed, and various Hindu deities. Charges against the intermediaries included "promoting enmity between groups" and "deliberate malicious acts intended to outrage."
Country
Year
2012
Topic, claim, or defense
Obscenity or Morality
Document type
Court Decision
Issuing entity
Appellate Domestic Court
Type of service provider
Host (Including Social Networks)
Search Engine or Index
OSP obligation considered
Block or Remove
Type of law
Criminal