Plea Alleges Social Media Platforms Objectifying Women, Defaming Govt, Judiciary, Breaching Users’ Privacy: MP High Court Issues Notice

The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notice on a plea filed alleging that social media companies, including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram & Twitter are displaying/hosting obscene, unregulated, uncertified, sexually explicit, and legally restricted content. The plea has been moved by Maatr Foundation through advocate Amay Bajaj and it further alleges that the above-named social media companies are facilitating online gambling, online prostitution, online hate crimes, online economic frauds and other illegal activities. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla directed the Registry that the correct names of the social media companies be added to the array of parties and the documents filed by the petitioners be placed on record.