An important hearing was held in the Delhi High Court on the petition filed by famous playback singer Kumar Sanu regarding the protection of personality rights and moral rights. Delhi High Court asked Facebook, Instagram and YouTube why the URLs on which morphed videos and abusive language were used were not being removed through the Grievance Officer.

While hearing in the court, Justice Manit Pritam Singh Arora said that the social media companies will have to explain why according to the petitioner Kumar Sanu, the content which includes morphed videos and abusive words is being stopped from being removed under the IT rules.

Meta’s lawyer gave important argument in the court
During the hearing of the case in Delhi High Court, Meta’s lawyer told the court that the word defamation has been removed from the IT rules. As an intermediary we cannot decide what is indecent and what is not. This matter should be decided in the court itself. On this argument, the court said that whatever content you can remove, remove it. When a complaint is received, take action as per the rules and tell us the next day what was removed and what was not. Not everyone can come to court.

Court asked for details from Kumar Sanu’s lawyer
During the hearing of the case, Delhi High Court asked Kumar Sanu’s lawyer to make a table of all the social media accounts and URLs and tell what relief is required against him. Meta and Google were also given time to review the URL suggested by Kumar Sanu.

Kumar Sanu’s lawyer’s argument – it is being used without permission
The lawyer appearing on behalf of singer Kumar Sanu in the Delhi High Court argued that his face and voice are being used in many GIFs, videos and audios without permission, due to which his image is being tarnished and he is having to endure unwanted ridicule.

In this, merchandise is also being made by cloning their voice and video using AI technology. All these contents are becoming a source of income for the company on the basis of views and clicks on social media. At present, Delhi High Court will hold the next hearing in this case on October 15.