Google removes offensive content

NEW DELHI, INDIA: The search giant Google Inc has said that it has removed alleged objectionable content from its website.

Stating that it is aware of its responsibility as a service provider, Google told a Delhi court that every product offered by it is governed by the policies aimed at striking a proper balance between enabling free speech and expression and maintaining a responsible and safe community.

Besides Google, other social networking sites Orkut and You-tube also filed their written submissions in the court.

Earlier, Facebook, Yahoo India and Microsoft, accused of hosting objectionable contents, had told the court that neither a case was made out against them nor there was any cause of action.

In December, the court had issued summons to 22 social networking websites asking them to remove anti-religious or anti-social contents from their sites.

Earlier, Yahoo and Microsoft told a Delhi court Thursday that there is no defamatory material posted on their websites.

The court was hearing a petition of Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi, an Islamic researcher linked to a website run by Islamic Peace Foundation of India, who sought the removal of "objectionable content" from websites.