In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court hold that an intermediary shall be liable for…
In "Shreya Singhal v. Union of India" (2015) the Supreme Court read down Section 79 of the IT Act to hold that an intermediary must remove third-party content only upon…
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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court hold that an intermediary shall be liable for third-party information hosted by him if, upon receiving actual knowledge from a court order or on being notified by the appropriate government, he fails to expeditiously remove that material?
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In "Shreya Singhal v. Union of India" (2015) the Supreme Court read down Section 79 of the IT Act to hold that an intermediary must remove third-party content only upon actual knowledge from a court order or a notification by the appropriate government.
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