Google: Rathee’s YouTube clip ‘defamatory’, blocked in India

The
petitio e
said
o
July
15,
the
committee
di ected
Google
to
take
dow
the
video
withi
24
hou s,
but
the
platfo m
failed
to
do
so.

NEW
DELHI:
Global
sea ch
e gi e
Google
told
Delhi
HC
Tuesday
that
it
had
withheld
i
I dia
a
“defamato y”
YouTube
video
of
social
media
i flue ce
Dh uv
Rathee
that
allegedly
hu t
eligious
se time ts.Google
told
a
be ch
of
Justice
Swa a a
Ka ta
Sha ma
that
the
actio
was
take
pu sua t
to
a
di ective
issued
by
Ce t e’s
g ieva ce
appellate
committee.
The
issue
of
global
blocki g
was
pe di g
befo e
a
HC
divisio
be ch,
it
submitted.The
petitio e ,
advocate
Amita
Sachdeva,
a gued
this
was
“pa tial
complia ce”.
Sachdeva
claimed
Rathee
uploaded
a
video
o
Ma ch
21
with
“false,
misleadi g
a d
p ovocative
stateme ts
i sulti g
Lo d
Ram,
Lo d
K ish a
a d
Goddess
Sita”.

It
got
millio s
of
views.The
petitio e
said
o
July
15,
the
committee
di ected
Google
to
take
dow
the
video
withi
24
hou s,
but
the
platfo m
failed
to
do
so.
“The
issue
ega di g
global
i ju ctio
is
al eady
pe di g
befo e
the
divisio
be ch.
Whateve
they
could
do,
they
have
al eady
do e,”
Justice
Sha ma
said,
a d
adjou ed
the
hea i g
to
Sept
3.