Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]Code Context
trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);
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$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.' $stackFrame = (int) 1 $trace = [ (int) 0 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php', 'line' => (int) 2421, 'function' => 'deprecationWarning', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.' ] ], (int) 1 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 73, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'catslug' ] ], (int) 2 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php', 'line' => (int) 610, 'function' => 'printArticle', 'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 3 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 120, 'function' => 'invokeAction', 'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 4 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 94, 'function' => '_invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {} ] ], (int) 5 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php', 'line' => (int) 235, 'function' => 'dispatch', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 6 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication', 'object' => object(App\Application) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 7 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 162, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 8 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 9 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 88, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 10 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 11 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 96, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 12 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ] ] $frame = [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 73, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) { trustProxy => false [protected] params => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] cookies => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _environment => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/google-india-invokes-freedom-of-speech-shield-12634/print' [protected] base => '' [protected] webroot => '/' [protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/google-india-invokes-freedom-of-speech-shield-12634/print' [protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _input => null [protected] _detectors => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _detectorCache => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'catslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]Code Context
trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);
}
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.' $stackFrame = (int) 1 $trace = [ (int) 0 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php', 'line' => (int) 2421, 'function' => 'deprecationWarning', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.' ] ], (int) 1 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 74, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'artileslug' ] ], (int) 2 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php', 'line' => (int) 610, 'function' => 'printArticle', 'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 3 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 120, 'function' => 'invokeAction', 'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 4 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 94, 'function' => '_invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {} ] ], (int) 5 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php', 'line' => (int) 235, 'function' => 'dispatch', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 6 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication', 'object' => object(App\Application) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 7 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 162, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 8 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 9 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 88, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 10 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 11 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 96, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 12 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ] ] $frame = [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 74, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) { trustProxy => false [protected] params => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] cookies => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _environment => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/google-india-invokes-freedom-of-speech-shield-12634/print' [protected] base => '' [protected] webroot => '/' [protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/google-india-invokes-freedom-of-speech-shield-12634/print' [protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _input => null [protected] _detectors => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _detectorCache => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'artileslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
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trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);
} else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) { 'status' => (int) 200, 'contentType' => 'text/html', 'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => [ [maximum depth reached] ] ], 'file' => null, 'fileRange' => [], 'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {}, 'cacheDirectives' => [], 'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67ec7b5a6baee-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700"><</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">> </span></span></code> <span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <link rel="canonical" href="<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?><?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?><?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">; 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the website&rsquo;s counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul told Delhi High Court. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Last week, high court judge Suresh Kait had warned lawyers for Google and social networking site Facebook that &ldquo;like China, we (India) will block all such websites if they failed to screen and remove objectionable material&rdquo;. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The websites are among 21 whose executives have been summoned to appear in person before a lower court on March 13. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The companies, which also include YouTube and Twitter, face legal action after the Centre last week sanctioned their prosecution for allegedly promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integration. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The government brought the further charge of outraging religious beliefs against the sites after asking them for months to screen &ldquo;objectionable&rdquo; content. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Earlier, on December 23, the magistrate&rsquo;s court had found the accused companies prima facie liable. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The hearings followed petitions filed by Vinay Rai, a Delhi resident, who cited what he claimed were obscene depictions of Hindu deities, Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &ldquo;We are seeking to prosecute the websites which have done yeoman&rsquo;s service to the world,&rdquo; Google&rsquo;s counsel Kaul said today. &ldquo;This problem has arisen worldwide in various forms and it is not that only we are facing it.&rdquo; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The lower court&rsquo;s summons had been issued to the companies&rsquo; Indian subsidiaries, which argued they were not liable for the actions of their holding companies based abroad. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &ldquo;Google India is just a subsidiary of the parent organisation Google Inc, which is a US-based company. 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If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what&rsquo;s happening?&rdquo; the judge asked. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was &ldquo;simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word &lsquo;sex&rsquo;, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word &lsquo;sex&rsquo; figures in all this data.&rdquo; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. &ldquo;The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. 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The Indian subsidiary cannot be held responsible for an act by its parent company,” Kaul told the judge who had last week refused to stay the lower court’s summons.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The lawyer said Google India earned revenue through advertisements for its parent company and was not a search engine. “It is a distinct legal entity from its holding company, which is a search engine,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">But the judge wasn’t convinced.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Are you not a beneficiary of Google Inc’s business? If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what’s happening?” the judge asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was “simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word ‘sex’, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word ‘sex’ figures in all this data.”</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. “The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. Google has no role to play in it,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court came down heavily on the counsel for Facebook when he said the magistrate had been rather “fast” in issuing summons to his company.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Within a week of filing of the petition the magistrate issued summons to us. I do not see any reason for him being so fast in this case,” the lawyer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“If the magistrate acts fast in disposing of the case then why do you have a problem? You have a problem also when he is slow.... Do not blame the court as it has to see the urgency of the matter and act accordingly,” the judge said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Normally, summons are issued between three weeks and a month from the date of filing a petition.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Last week, 12 of the companies involved in the case had said their headquarters were outside India. 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Google has no role to play in it,&rdquo; he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court came down heavily on the counsel for Facebook when he said the magistrate had been rather &ldquo;fast&rdquo; in issuing summons to his company.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;Within a week of filing of the petition the magistrate issued summons to us. I do not see any reason for him being so fast in this case,&rdquo; the lawyer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;If the magistrate acts fast in disposing of the case then why do you have a problem? You have a problem also when he is slow.... 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The government is now issuing summons to their executives abroad.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The matter will come up again in the high court on January 19.</div>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 12514, 'title' => 'Google India invokes freedom-of-speech shield', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<div style="text-align: justify"> -The Telegraph </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Google India, one of nearly two dozen online sites accused of hosting objectionable content, today said blocking them couldn&rsquo;t be an option as that would violate the right to freedom of speech and expression in a democratic country. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &ldquo;There are serious issues regarding freedom of speech and we are proud to have this freedom in our country unlike a totalitarian regime like China,&rdquo; the website&rsquo;s counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul told Delhi High Court. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Last week, high court judge Suresh Kait had warned lawyers for Google and social networking site Facebook that &ldquo;like China, we (India) will block all such websites if they failed to screen and remove objectionable material&rdquo;. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The websites are among 21 whose executives have been summoned to appear in person before a lower court on March 13. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The companies, which also include YouTube and Twitter, face legal action after the Centre last week sanctioned their prosecution for allegedly promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integration. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The government brought the further charge of outraging religious beliefs against the sites after asking them for months to screen &ldquo;objectionable&rdquo; content. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Earlier, on December 23, the magistrate&rsquo;s court had found the accused companies prima facie liable. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The hearings followed petitions filed by Vinay Rai, a Delhi resident, who cited what he claimed were obscene depictions of Hindu deities, Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &ldquo;We are seeking to prosecute the websites which have done yeoman&rsquo;s service to the world,&rdquo; Google&rsquo;s counsel Kaul said today. &ldquo;This problem has arisen worldwide in various forms and it is not that only we are facing it.&rdquo; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The lower court&rsquo;s summons had been issued to the companies&rsquo; Indian subsidiaries, which argued they were not liable for the actions of their holding companies based abroad. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &ldquo;Google India is just a subsidiary of the parent organisation Google Inc, which is a US-based company. 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If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what&rsquo;s happening?&rdquo; the judge asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was &ldquo;simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word &lsquo;sex&rsquo;, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word &lsquo;sex&rsquo; figures in all this data.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. &ldquo;The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. Google has no role to play in it,&rdquo; he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court came down heavily on the counsel for Facebook when he said the magistrate had been rather &ldquo;fast&rdquo; in issuing summons to his company.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;Within a week of filing of the petition the magistrate issued summons to us. I do not see any reason for him being so fast in this case,&rdquo; the lawyer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;If the magistrate acts fast in disposing of the case then why do you have a problem? You have a problem also when he is slow.... Do not blame the court as it has to see the urgency of the matter and act accordingly,&rdquo; the judge said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Normally, summons are issued between three weeks and a month from the date of filing a petition.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Last week, 12 of the companies involved in the case had said their headquarters were outside India. 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The Indian subsidiary cannot be held responsible for an act by its parent company,” Kaul told the judge who had last week refused to stay the lower court’s summons.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The lawyer said Google India earned revenue through advertisements for its parent company and was not a search engine. “It is a distinct legal entity from its holding company, which is a search engine,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">But the judge wasn’t convinced.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Are you not a beneficiary of Google Inc’s business? If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what’s happening?” the judge asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was “simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word ‘sex’, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word ‘sex’ figures in all this data.”</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. “The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. Google has no role to play in it,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court came down heavily on the counsel for Facebook when he said the magistrate had been rather “fast” in issuing summons to his company.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Within a week of filing of the petition the magistrate issued summons to us. I do not see any reason for him being so fast in this case,” the lawyer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“If the magistrate acts fast in disposing of the case then why do you have a problem? You have a problem also when he is slow.... Do not blame the court as it has to see the urgency of the matter and act accordingly,” the judge said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Normally, summons are issued between three weeks and a month from the date of filing a petition.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Last week, 12 of the companies involved in the case had said their headquarters were outside India. 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the website&rsquo;s counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul told Delhi High Court. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Last week, high court judge Suresh Kait had warned lawyers for Google and social networking site Facebook that &ldquo;like China, we (India) will block all such websites if they failed to screen and remove objectionable material&rdquo;. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The websites are among 21 whose executives have been summoned to appear in person before a lower court on March 13. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The companies, which also include YouTube and Twitter, face legal action after the Centre last week sanctioned their prosecution for allegedly promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integration. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The government brought the further charge of outraging religious beliefs against the sites after asking them for months to screen &ldquo;objectionable&rdquo; content. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Earlier, on December 23, the magistrate&rsquo;s court had found the accused companies prima facie liable. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The hearings followed petitions filed by Vinay Rai, a Delhi resident, who cited what he claimed were obscene depictions of Hindu deities, Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &ldquo;We are seeking to prosecute the websites which have done yeoman&rsquo;s service to the world,&rdquo; Google&rsquo;s counsel Kaul said today. &ldquo;This problem has arisen worldwide in various forms and it is not that only we are facing it.&rdquo; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The lower court&rsquo;s summons had been issued to the companies&rsquo; Indian subsidiaries, which argued they were not liable for the actions of their holding companies based abroad. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &ldquo;Google India is just a subsidiary of the parent organisation Google Inc, which is a US-based company. 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If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what&rsquo;s happening?&rdquo; the judge asked. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was &ldquo;simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word &lsquo;sex&rsquo;, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word &lsquo;sex&rsquo; figures in all this data.&rdquo; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. &ldquo;The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. 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The Indian subsidiary cannot be held responsible for an act by its parent company,” Kaul told the judge who had last week refused to stay the lower court’s summons.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The lawyer said Google India earned revenue through advertisements for its parent company and was not a search engine. “It is a distinct legal entity from its holding company, which is a search engine,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">But the judge wasn’t convinced.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Are you not a beneficiary of Google Inc’s business? If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what’s happening?” the judge asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was “simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word ‘sex’, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word ‘sex’ figures in all this data.”</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. “The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. Google has no role to play in it,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court came down heavily on the counsel for Facebook when he said the magistrate had been rather “fast” in issuing summons to his company.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Within a week of filing of the petition the magistrate issued summons to us. I do not see any reason for him being so fast in this case,” the lawyer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“If the magistrate acts fast in disposing of the case then why do you have a problem? You have a problem also when he is slow.... Do not blame the court as it has to see the urgency of the matter and act accordingly,” the judge said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Normally, summons are issued between three weeks and a month from the date of filing a petition.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Last week, 12 of the companies involved in the case had said their headquarters were outside India. 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Google has no role to play in it,” he said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The court came down heavily on the counsel for Facebook when he said the magistrate had been rather “fast” in issuing summons to his company. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> “Within a week of filing of the petition the magistrate issued summons to us. I do not see any reason for him being so fast in this case,” the lawyer said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> “If the magistrate acts fast in disposing of the case then why do you have a problem? You have a problem also when he is slow.... Do not blame the court as it has to see the urgency of the matter and act accordingly,” the judge said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Normally, summons are issued between three weeks and a month from the date of filing a petition. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Last week, 12 of the companies involved in the case had said their headquarters were outside India. The government is now issuing summons to their executives abroad. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The matter will come up again in the high court on January 19. </div>', 'credit_writer' => 'The Telegraph, 17 January, 2012, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120117/jsp/nation/story_15015538.jsp', 'article_img' => '', 'article_img_thumb' => '', 'status' => (int) 1, 'show_on_home' => (int) 1, 'lang' => 'EN', 'category_id' => (int) 16, 'tag_keyword' => '', 'seo_url' => 'google-india-invokes-freedom-of-speech-shield-12634', 'meta_title' => null, 'meta_keywords' => null, 'meta_description' => null, 'noindex' => (int) 0, 'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'most_visit_section_id' => null, 'article_big_img' => null, 'liveid' => (int) 12634, 'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {}, 'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {}, 'edate' => '', 'tags' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {} ], 'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {}, '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ '*' => true, 'id' => false ], '[dirty]' => [], '[original]' => [], '[virtual]' => [], '[hasErrors]' => false, '[errors]' => [], '[invalid]' => [], '[repository]' => 'Articles' } $articleid = (int) 12514 $metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Google India invokes freedom-of-speech shield' $metaKeywords = 'media,Law and Justice' $metaDesc = ' -The Telegraph Google India, one of nearly two dozen online sites accused of hosting objectionable content, today said blocking them couldn’t be an option as that would violate the right to freedom of speech and expression in a democratic country. “There are...' $disp = '<div style="text-align: justify">-The Telegraph</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Google India, one of nearly two dozen online sites accused of hosting objectionable content, today said blocking them couldn’t be an option as that would violate the right to freedom of speech and expression in a democratic country.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“There are serious issues regarding freedom of speech and we are proud to have this freedom in our country unlike a totalitarian regime like China,” the website’s counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul told Delhi High Court.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Last week, high court judge Suresh Kait had warned lawyers for Google and social networking site Facebook that “like China, we (India) will block all such websites if they failed to screen and remove objectionable material”.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The websites are among 21 whose executives have been summoned to appear in person before a lower court on March 13.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The companies, which also include YouTube and Twitter, face legal action after the Centre last week sanctioned their prosecution for allegedly promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integration.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The government brought the further charge of outraging religious beliefs against the sites after asking them for months to screen “objectionable” content.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Earlier, on December 23, the magistrate’s court had found the accused companies prima facie liable.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The hearings followed petitions filed by Vinay Rai, a Delhi resident, who cited what he claimed were obscene depictions of Hindu deities, Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“We are seeking to prosecute the websites which have done yeoman’s service to the world,” Google’s counsel Kaul said today. “This problem has arisen worldwide in various forms and it is not that only we are facing it.”</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The lower court’s summons had been issued to the companies’ Indian subsidiaries, which argued they were not liable for the actions of their holding companies based abroad.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Google India is just a subsidiary of the parent organisation Google Inc, which is a US-based company. The Indian subsidiary cannot be held responsible for an act by its parent company,” Kaul told the judge who had last week refused to stay the lower court’s summons.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The lawyer said Google India earned revenue through advertisements for its parent company and was not a search engine. “It is a distinct legal entity from its holding company, which is a search engine,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">But the judge wasn’t convinced.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">“Are you not a beneficiary of Google Inc’s business? If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what’s happening?” the judge asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was “simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word ‘sex’, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word ‘sex’ figures in all this data.”</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. “The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. 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Google India invokes freedom-of-speech shield |
-The Telegraph Google India, one of nearly two dozen online sites accused of hosting objectionable content, today said blocking them couldn’t be an option as that would violate the right to freedom of speech and expression in a democratic country. “There are serious issues regarding freedom of speech and we are proud to have this freedom in our country unlike a totalitarian regime like China,” the website’s counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul told Delhi High Court. Last week, high court judge Suresh Kait had warned lawyers for Google and social networking site Facebook that “like China, we (India) will block all such websites if they failed to screen and remove objectionable material”. The websites are among 21 whose executives have been summoned to appear in person before a lower court on March 13. The companies, which also include YouTube and Twitter, face legal action after the Centre last week sanctioned their prosecution for allegedly promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integration. The government brought the further charge of outraging religious beliefs against the sites after asking them for months to screen “objectionable” content. Earlier, on December 23, the magistrate’s court had found the accused companies prima facie liable. The hearings followed petitions filed by Vinay Rai, a Delhi resident, who cited what he claimed were obscene depictions of Hindu deities, Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ. “We are seeking to prosecute the websites which have done yeoman’s service to the world,” Google’s counsel Kaul said today. “This problem has arisen worldwide in various forms and it is not that only we are facing it.” The lower court’s summons had been issued to the companies’ Indian subsidiaries, which argued they were not liable for the actions of their holding companies based abroad. “Google India is just a subsidiary of the parent organisation Google Inc, which is a US-based company. The Indian subsidiary cannot be held responsible for an act by its parent company,” Kaul told the judge who had last week refused to stay the lower court’s summons. The lawyer said Google India earned revenue through advertisements for its parent company and was not a search engine. “It is a distinct legal entity from its holding company, which is a search engine,” he said. But the judge wasn’t convinced. “Are you not a beneficiary of Google Inc’s business? If some illegal activity is being carried out by a tenant and the landlord is a beneficiary, then how can the landlord not know what’s happening?” the judge asked. Kaul said blocking content before it was posted online was “simply impossible. Even if we were to block the word ‘sex’, for example, all data on ration cards, passports, etc, will get blocked in one go, as the word ‘sex’ figures in all this data.” He also contended that Google merely led users to sites they were looking for. “The offending material belongs to the website which is controlled by the owner of the website. Google has no role to play in it,” he said. The court came down heavily on the counsel for Facebook when he said the magistrate had been rather “fast” in issuing summons to his company. “Within a week of filing of the petition the magistrate issued summons to us. I do not see any reason for him being so fast in this case,” the lawyer said. “If the magistrate acts fast in disposing of the case then why do you have a problem? You have a problem also when he is slow.... Do not blame the court as it has to see the urgency of the matter and act accordingly,” the judge said. Normally, summons are issued between three weeks and a month from the date of filing a petition. Last week, 12 of the companies involved in the case had said their headquarters were outside India. The government is now issuing summons to their executives abroad. The matter will come up again in the high court on January 19.
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