The Delhi High Court has ordered Facebook India to implement a way to remove objectionable content or the sites will face a blackout.
Justice Suresh Kait warned that if the social network cannot monitor their content, India will follow China’s censorship lead.
“Like China, we will block all such websites,” Kait said Thursday.
But if Facebook begins to moderate content, it will be the same as if they had written it. Once the Internet heavyweights begin to interfere, they become legally responsible for content under the Indian Information Technology Act.
What are your thoughts about Internet companies coming up with a way to sort content to appease the Indian court, and more importantly what do you think the Indian Government accomplishes by blocking Facebook?