A trial court in the New Delhi on December 24, 2011 issued summons to Technology and internet giants Google, Facebook, Yahoo to appear in court later this week. The court also issued summons to 19 other websites asking them to appear in court and take down 'inflammatory' images of some religious figures on their websites.
Google India received notices on behalf of their 4 sites like YouTube, Orkut, Blogspot, and GooglePlus. Other popular websites including Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, and discussion forums such as Topix, Exbii, Boardreader has also been summoned.
Previously, talks between the government and the internet companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo had failed earlier this month, as they declined to pre-screen or remove content which is legal but controversial.
The government which had planned to draft guidelines to remove objectionable content, made a U-turn later, and denied having any plans to regulate the internet, after pressure from the US government.
Internet companies received support from US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton this month saying that regulations on the internet would be disastrous for everybody and stifle conversations and businesses.
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