Google follows Delhi court order, removes objectionable content from its site
on February 6th, 2012 
Google has removed some objectionable content from its Indian services, the search giant told the Delhi court in the hearing today.
Google has removed content from its search service, YouTube video site and Blogger after receiving an order to do so from Judge Mukesh Kumar of a New Delhi district court. The material that includes images of religious figures has been removed from Google’s India Web domain, and is accessible elsewhere, a person familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.
“This step is in accordance with Google’s longstanding policy of responding to court orders,” the company said in a statement.
The court also issued directions to Yahoo and Facebook Inc. to take down offensive content from their sites. But, the two companies told the court that they have no role to play in the case and there is no cause of action against them in the matter.
“Microsoft has filed an application for rejection of the suit on the grounds that it disclosed no cause of action against Microsoft,” a company spokesperson told the Reuters.
The number of Internet users in India is expected to hit 300 million over the next three years. The new rules to block offensive content have been strongly opposed by Internet users and free speech advocates. But, the govt. adds that posting offensive anti-religious content in a country like India, where several religious groups co-exist, can present a danger to the public.
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