Delhi High Court Gives Government Time to Reveal Plans Regulating Demolition of Social Media Users’ Platforms

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the Center time to announce if it is drafting any regulations to govern the issue of users’ removal of the platform from social media. Justice Yashwanth Varma heard a series of petitions regarding the suspension and deletion of the accounts of several social network users, including Twitter users.

Central government adviser Kirtiman Singh urged the court to list the cases after two weeks to help him get back to further instructions regarding any draft policy on delisting social media users. festival.

Where such guidelines are developed, the scope of pre-court proceedings can be navigated accordingly, said a senior adviser for one of the social media platforms.

The court listed the case for further hearing in September while asking the Center to state its position.

In his affidavit filed one of the cases against the petitioner’s suspension Twitter account, the Center has said that an individual’s liberties and liberties cannot be “patterned or eliminated in the flow of social and technological progress” and that social media platforms must respect respect the fundamental rights of citizens and in accordance with the Constitution of India.

It has said that social media platforms may not take down their own accounts or suspend them entirely under any circumstances, and that delisting the platform completely violates the spirit of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution. India.

Declaring that they are the custodians of the basic rights of users in cyberspace, the Center said that social media accounts can only be suspended or canceled on the platform in cases such as for the benefit of the owner. rights, security and integrity of India, friendly relations with foreign States or public order or court order or completely unlawful content, such as sexually abusive material.