SC dismisses Faccbook India VP Ajit Mohanâs plea
SC dismisses Faccbook India VP Ajit Mohanâs plea
NEW DELHI, July 8: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea filed by Facebook India Vice President and MD Ajit Mohan challenging the summons issued by the Delhi Assembly’s Peace and Harmony committee for failing to appear before it as witness in connection with the north-east Delhi riots last year.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul termed Mohan’s plea as pre-mature saying nothing has happened against him before the Assembly panel.
Pronouncing the verdict, Justice Kaul said that technological age has created digital platforms which can be uncontrollable at times.
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The Supreme Court upheld the Delhi Assembly panel s right to summon Facebook.
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Observing that digital platforms like Facebook have become power centres with ability to influence opinions, the Supreme Court on Thursday said they must be accountable, adding it is difficult to accept the simplistic approach adopted by Facebook that it is merely a platform posting third party information and has no role in generating, controlling or modulating that matter.
Further observing that the national capital can ill-afford any repetition of the riots witnessed last year, the Supreme Court stressed that unity in diversity of India cannot be disrupted and the role of Facebook in this context must be looked into by the powers that be.
Delhi Can’t Afford February 2020 Like Riots, Facebook Role Must Be Looked Into: Supreme Court
Entities like Facebook, which has around 270 million users in India, have to remain accountable to those who entrust them with such power, the Supreme Court said.
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Underlining that “the capital of the country can ill-afford any repetition” of an occurrence like the February 2020 riots, the Supreme Court Thursday came down heavily on social media platform Facebook, saying its role “in this context must be looked into by the powers that be” and this was why it had been summoned by the Delhi Assembly.
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