In the matter of blocking video of sexual offenses on the forum, the Supreme Court of India has asked for a reply from the Facebook-owned messaging forum, WhatsApp. The court has allegedly allowed WhatsApp to send a detailed email to make a presentation through video conferencing to find out how a video of such a video can be blocked. After the petitioner’s lawyer Aparna Bhat mentioned the app, the court has made a whit speed party in this case.
On an oral request made by the petitioner’s lawyer, in 1601, Office of what are Ink, Willow Road, Menlo Park, California-94025, and United States has been made a party respondent, “Justice Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta.
The court issued a notice to WhatsApp, which is “refundable” on April 13. The petitioner’s lawyer has been allowed to send a detailed email to the respondent to give a presentation for WhatsApp.
Earlier, on March 22, the court had formed a committee of representatives of the Center and major internet companies to find a technical solution to block the video showing sexual offenses on social networking websites. The committee included Google India, Yahoo India, Microsoft India and Facebook’s nominees, who were given 15 days to find solutions.
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The matter originally began with a letter sent to India’s Chief Justice HL Dattu, which included two rape videos.
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In the matter of blocking videos of sexual offenses on the social networking sites, the Supreme Court has sought the response from the US-based instant messaging application firm WhatsApp.
The court in this matter, while making a party for WhatsApp Inc., said that the petitioner can send a detailed email so that it is possible through video conferencing, to give a presentation; the court has assisted the committee in finding out a technical solution. do Block such a video.
In the matter after advocating Aparna Bhat, who is representing the petitioner, after the court order, it was mentioned that in this case, there was a demand for making a party for WhatsApp.
“On an oral request made by the petitioner’s lawyer, in 1601, Office of What’s Inc., Willow Road, Menlo Park, California-94025, United States has been made a party respondent,” Justice Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said.
“The judges have said that according to our earlier orders, the meetings are being held on a day-by-day basis, so we can issue a notice to WhatsApp Inc. on January 13.“