Social networks asked to filter content by february 6

After social networking sites refused government's request to censor contents, Sibal had warned them and said that government will be addressing this issue in it's own way and here we are. The websites have been dragged to court and you can see the outcome.

New Delhi: In a major blow to 21 social networking websites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and YouTube, a Delhi court on Saturday asked them to remove derogatory content by February 6, 2012.

The court went ahead and said that contents of such nature can trigger communal disputes, voilence against women and what not.
The court gave these orders despite the fact that all these websites have decent content policies which are accepted worldwide.
I can't even being to imagine how these websites are going to filter/censor huge volumes of user generated content on blurred grounds like religion and politics where it is hard to decide whether content is objectionable or not.

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