Here We Go Again: Indian Court Threatens Facebook

Continuing to demand the technically impossible, a court in India issued another threat against Facebook, threatening to block the social network and other websites, including Google, if "offensive and objectionable" content is not removed.

Continuing to demand the technically impossible, a court in India issued another threat against Facebook, threatening to block the social network and other websites, including Google, if “offensive and objectionable” content is not removed.

AFP reported the latest development in the country, saying that the Delhi High Court ruled during a hearing Thursday:

You must have a stringent check. Otherwise, like in China, we may pass orders banning all such websites.

As we reported last month, the mandate by India is problematic on two fronts.

First,

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