Supreme Court Sends Notice To Twitter, Centre On Regulating Fake And Seditious Content
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde issued notice on the petition and tagged it with two similar petitions pending. .
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Supreme Court Sends Notice To Twitter, Centre On Regulating Fake And Seditious Content A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde issued a notice on the petition The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from Twitter India and Centre on a petition demanding regulation of "fake and seditious" content and advertisements circulated on social media platforms from unverified accounts. The petition filed by Delhi Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) unit’s IT and Social Media Cell chief Vinit Goenka cited the recent order of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued on February 1 directing Twitter to block more than 250 accounts found to promote fake and provocative content. Goenka accused Twitter of creating hatred in society by circulating, publishing, and promoting seditious contents and sought a mechanism to deal with such content. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde issued notice on the petition and tagged it with two similar petitions pending in Court on the issue of regulating content on social media. In October …
