On Thursday, the Delhi High Court ordered YouTube to delete from its platform any false information about Aaradhya Bachchan, the granddaughter of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan. The court further ruled that such false information should not be spread in the future.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan’s 11-year-old daughter filed a lawsuit in the high court on Wednesday against a YouTube tabloid for publishing “fake news” regarding her health.
The top court criticized the video-sharing site for disseminating false information and questioned whether it had any guidelines to prevent the publication of such deceptive material. The Delhi High Court advised YouTube that it is insufficient to merely assert that it has provided users with a platform and is not liable for what is posted there.
In order to determine if their policies had been altered in response to the changes to the IT rules, the court summoned Google and all of the YouTube sites that were named parties in the case. The court objected to the YouTube video, saying that every child has the right to be treated with respect and dignity and that it is the duty of the platform to halt such false information.
