JUDGMENT(ORAL)

1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking appropriate directions to Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to monitor and suspend the hate speech and harmful content that originates in India from its platform i.e., ‘Facebook’ and is directed towards the Rohingya community, both in India and elsewhere. In addition, the Petitioners seek a direction to Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to halt the use of its virality and ranking algorithms, which encourages hate speech and violence against minority communities. The learned senior counsel for the Petitioners at the beginning of the hearing has also handed over an application for amending the petition to the extent of issuance of a direction to Respondent No. 3, i.e., Union of India, to take steps in accordance with law for restraining Facebook from, inter alia, promoting hate speech covered under Section 153-A(1)(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and more particularly against the Rohingya community.

2. At the outset, Mr. Arvind P. Datar, learned senior counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 states that the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 have been wrongly impleaded and the correct description of the said Respondents is Meta Platforms Inc. T