Orkut in soup over anti-India threads
A bench of the Bombay HC has asked the Maha govt to issue notice to Google for an anti-India forum on `Orkut'.
By PTI |
AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to issue notice to Google for the alleged spread of hatred about India by its social network service `Orkut'.
The order was issued by Justice A P Deshpande and Justice R M Borde Monday in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by local Advocate Yugant R Marlapalle.
A picture of burning the national tricolour, bearing anti-India message, has been put on www.orkut.com and a community "We Hate India" has been created on the site, the petition said.
The petition has also appealed to the government to appoint a `controller' under the Information Technology Act-2000 to regulate all such communities being in operation on the internet.
Orkut is an online community that connects people through a network of friends. The website is providing an online meeting place to socialise, make new acquaintances and find others with common interests.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled after six weeks.
The order was issued by Justice A P Deshpande and Justice R M Borde Monday in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by local Advocate Yugant R Marlapalle.
A picture of burning the national tricolour, bearing anti-India message, has been put on www.orkut.com and a community "We Hate India" has been created on the site, the petition said.
The petition has also appealed to the government to appoint a `controller' under the Information Technology Act-2000 to regulate all such communities being in operation on the internet.
Orkut is an online community that connects people through a network of friends. The website is providing an online meeting place to socialise, make new acquaintances and find others with common interests.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled after six weeks.
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