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Delhi Court Refuses Fan Page Ban, Orders Obscene Content Removed

Delhi Court Refuses Fan Page Ban, Orders Obscene Content Removed
Delhi high court questions Janhvi Kapoor’s plea to restrain fan pages in personality rights case · telegraphindia.com

Janhvi Kapoor is a famous Indian actress.

She asked a court in Delhi to remove bad things about her on the internet.

Some of those things were fake pictures made with computers that put her face onto inappropriate images.

There were also fake accounts that pretended to be her and tried to trick people.

The court agreed to remove really inappropriate and obscene content, but only if her lawyers brought back a specific list of those pages.

The judge said no to removing all of her fan pages, because fans should be free to like her, criticize her, or make jokes about her.

He said shutting everything down would make a public figure 'live in a cave.'

The court also said no to an automatic 'dynamic injunction' that would block new bad links without asking the court first.

A big company called Meta, which runs social media platforms, said it is impossible for humans to check every single link by hand.

Now the lawyers need to come back with a clear list of the worst content so the court can order it removed.

Key facts

Petitioner
Actor Janhvi Kapoor
Court
Delhi High Court
Presiding judge
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani
Target of petition
Over 5,000 webpages and posts (Meta cited more than 4,000 URLs)
Content flagged
AI-generated pornography, impersonating accounts on Meta and X Corp, fake booking agencies, chatbots
Relief granted
Takedown of ex facie pornographic, obscene, prurient and lascivious content; content directly monetising her personality; content promoting merchandise or services using her name
Relief refused
Blanket ban on fan pages; dynamic injunction
Opposing party
Meta Platforms

Quotes

Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani

Judge of the Delhi High Court

“"How do we draw the line? In law, we can only do so much and no more. To completely restrain everything cannot be the approach. Where there is obscenity or monetising or extremely egregious or inappropriate content I am with you but how can you shut down all fanclubs?"”
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“"A part of it may be satire or critical of your work. Fanpages is your monopoly. Are you sure?... If they are monetising or there is commercial exploitation then yes but not all fanpages are (offending)."”
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