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12 Jul, 10 tweets, 6 min read
#SupremeCourt to hear a plea to restrain social media platforms from carrying Islamophobic content on their timelines and to direct a CBI or NIA probe against Twitter and its users involved in putting out “inflammatory posts”
#Islamophobia @socialmedia
The petition refers to how “massive publicity was given by the media that many of the positive cases of symptoms of coronavirus were found from Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin in Delhi”.
@KhajaAijazuddin #supremecourt
Matter to start shortly
#supremecourt #islamophobia #socialmedia
Adv Aijazuddin: Telangana HC asked me to come here. I have prayed so that guidelines be given to social media companies so that content does not hurt religious sentiments

CJI: This issue was forgotten/ Why do you want to rake this up?

#supremecourt #islamophobia #socialmedia
CJI: There are already petitions pending in this court. Have you examined the recent IT Rules 2021. it takes care of it

Adv: it never says it takes care of content pertaining to religion. its not mentioned in IT Rules 2021
CJI: Where are the latest rule?

Adv Aijazuddin: That i have not filed. But Twitter had stated rules were framed where due diligence was to be observed by intermediaries on whose computer the information is stored
CJI: There is a writ petition in 2020. They have impugned that. Please show us the latest rules and show us it is not there. do your homework

Adv Aijazuddin: My prayer is different.
CJI: Has any representation been made to the Centre?
#Supremecourt posts the matter for next week
"Latest IT Rules take care of it:" Supreme Court on plea to restrain social media handles from carrying Islamophobic content

report by @DebayonRoy

#itrules2021 #SupremeCourt #SocialMedia #Islamophobic

Read more here: bityl.co/7mws

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