We are a search engine, not a social-media intermediary: Google tells Delhi HC
June 02, 2021
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The global tech giant has filed a plea against a Single Bench order that characterised Google as an SMI
Google LLC, on Wednesday, contended before the Delhi High Court that India’s new IT rules for digital media are not applicable to the company because it is a search engine and not a ‘social-media intermediary’ as classified by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices to the Centre, Delhi Government, Internet Service Providers Association of India, Facebook, and a woman on whose plea a Single Judge Bench had, on April 20, passed the ruling against which Google filed their plea on Wednesday.
Highlights
He argued in court that Google is a search engine, not a social media.
Therefore, the newly launched IT rules don’t apply to it.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 2) heard Google’s petition challenging an earlier decision of a single bench that had directed the tech giant to immediately remove a woman’s private image from the search engine.
The woman had alleged that the photographs are being shown on the pornographic website on Google without his permission. She had posted her personal photographs on Facebook and Instagram.
Google had filed a petition to turn the decision in its favour. The double bench of the High Court heard the matter for the first time on June 2, and the next date of hearing is July 27.
On 25 February, the Indian government passed three rules for social networking platforms to regulate the nation’s digital space. However, the definition of a social.
Broadband and connectivity are becoming engines of economic growth in Pakistan as already proven in other parts of the world. The theme emerged from the
Jun 1, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Broadband and connectivity are becoming engines of economic growth in Pakistan as already proven in other parts of the world. The theme emerged from the online seminar on Urban Connectivity Solutions for an Inclusive Digital Economy organised by Facebook, Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan (ISPAK) and TelecomInfraProject (TIP), in which a large number of national and international industry and academia experts participated.
The panelists discussed various challenges and opportunities within the country to develop robust connectivity in urban areas, including Facebook’s recent investment to bring backbone fiber to the region.
The webinar covered several topics including challenges being faced in meeting connectivity policy goals, presence and importance of building a robust fibre broadband network, and the opportunities of embracing innovative urban internet connectivity and technology solutions with lessons from the Asian region.