Sex abusive videos: SC slaps `1L cost each on Google, FB, others
22 May 2018 4:50 AM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has slapped a cost of Rs one lakh each on internet giants like Google and Facebook for failing to file their replies on the steps taken by them to block videos of sexual offences on social sites.
A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit noted that despite its specific order to Yahoo, Facebook Ireland, Facebook India, Google India, Google Inc, Microsoft and WhatsApp, they have not filed any document to inform it about the progress made. The top court directed them to file an affidavit before June 15 spelling out measures taken by them to curb such videos and asked its Registry to keep the amount in a fixed deposit for a short term.
"In our order dated April 16, we had required the parties before us, that is Yahoo, Facebook Ireland, Facebook India, Google India, Google Inc., Microsoft and WhatsApp to let us know the status of progress made pursuant to the recommendations accepted by these entities as mentioned in the Report of the panel.
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