Whether court can direct Social Networking Sites To Take Down ‘Morphed’ Photos, Videos?

Thus, while issuing

notice on the applications, ex parte ad interim injunction is granted

restraining defendant nos.1 to 4, their agents, assignees, nominees and

servants from publishing, broadcasting, distributing or disseminating

in any form or manner whatsoever or continuing from doing so in any

manner any defamatory material in the nature of photographs as

mentioned above, relating to or arising from, in connection with any

alleged acts or behaviour relatable to the plaintiff. For removal of

doubts, it is clarified that it is inherent in the direction against

continuation of the publication of the impugned material that

defendant is also obliged to take all steps to remove the impugned

content from the website.

 IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

 CS(OS) 510/2016

SASIKALA PUSHPA 

v

FACEBOOK INDIA AND ORS 

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K.GAUBA

Dated:OCTOBER 04, 2016

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Parents cannot open minor's account on social sites: Bombay HC

Parents cannot open accounts on social networking sites in the name of their minor children, the Bombay high court said, while deciding a custody matter on Monday. It directed a Pune resident to delete the accounts he had opened in the name of his minor daughter.

“It is a fake account in the name of a child and it is not legally permissible as the child is not 18 years old,” justice Mridula Bhatkar said, while directing the father to close the account.

The court also directed him to delete the social networking account he had opened in the name of his estranged wife and forbade him from opening any account on any social networking site either in the name of his daughter or the mother.

The Pune resident had approached the high court in January 2014 seeking urgent orders for access and temporary custody of his minor daughter, who was living with his estranged wife. He had initially sought temporary custody of the girl for Christmas vacation.

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App which will make online dating and offline social interactions much safer

Soon your face could be your calling card. An upcoming app for Android, iOS, and Google Glass called NameTag will allow you to photograph strangers and find out who they are -- complete with social networking and online dating profiles.

Spot someone out and about that you want to identify, and you can capture their face using your device's camera. The app will send the photo wirelessly to NameTag's server, where it will compare the photo to millions of online records and return with a name, more photos, and social-media profiles, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, where the person (or their friends) might have publicly posted photos of themselves.

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