New Delhi: Asking Twitter to remove certain objectionable material relating to the Hindu goddess from its platform, the Delhi High Court observed on Friday that the social media giant would respect the feelings of the general public while doing business for them.
A bench at the Supreme Court of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said Twitter was doing a good job and added that people were happy with it.
“Are things going to be deleted or not?” The court asked Twitter’s lawyer.
“You have to respect the feelings of the general public when doing business for the general public. Their feelings will be given due importance … why should you do things like this. You should remove that, ”added the bench of the Supreme Court, reported PTI.
The Supreme Court bench further said, “You are removing it. You did it in the case of Rahul Gandhi as well.
Senior lawyer Sidharth Luthra, representing Twitter, said the Supreme Court may mention it in the order and added that it will comply with the directive.
Petitioner Aditya Singh Deshwal said he came across some very heinous articles on Maa Kaali posted by a user with the name @AtheistRepublic, adding that the deity is depicted in outrageous and outrageous ways.
Represented by lead attorney Sanjay Poddar, the petitioner said he had suggested to Twitter’s grievance officer that the user-uploaded content seriously violated IT rules (Intermediate Guidelines and Code of ethics of digital media), 2021 and that failure to comply with the rules must cause the social media giant to lose its legal immunity under the law on information technology.
The petitioner claimed that the social media giant has repudiated that the account’s content does not fall into a category it is taking action on and therefore cannot be deleted.
The next case will be heard on November 30.
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