$~46 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1227/2024 MOHAMMAD HAMIM AND ANR.

..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Colin Gonslaves, Senior Advocate with Ms. Kawalpreet Kaur, Advocate versus FACEBOOK INDIA ONLINE SERVICES PVT. LTD. AND ORS.

..... Respondent Through: Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Tejas Karia, Mr. Varun Pathak, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Mr. Shyamlal Anand, Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Ms. Ramayni Sood and Mr. Rahl Unnikrishnan, Advocates for Meta Platforms Inc. for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 Mr. Apoorv Kurup, CGSC with Ms. Nidhi Mittal and Ms. Gauri Goburdhun, Advocates for R-3/UOI % Date of Decision: 30^th January, 2024 CORAM:

HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA J U D G M E N T(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 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 1227/2024 Page 1 of 8 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