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Google must use automated tools in India to identify banned content online, court rules

By Phoebe Seers ( April 22, 2021, 08:53 GMT | Insight) -- Search engines including Google, Yahoo, Bing and DuckDuckGo will not only be hit with court-issued takedown orders requiring them to remove content, globally, within 24 hours, but they must also deploy automated tools to identify and disable access to other websites featuring identical content, according to a recent ruling by the High Court of Delhi, in India. The judgment, which warns that the Internet “never sleeps” and “never forgets,” said the new directions were necessary to address the issue of content being blocked on one website, only for it to reappear shortly after on several others.Search engines including Google, Yahoo, Bing and DuckDuckGo will not only be hit with court-issued takedown orders requiring them to remove content, globally, within 24 hours, but they must also deploy automated tools to identify and disable access to other websites featuring identical content, according to a recent ruling by the High Court of Delhi, in India....

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