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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

Analysis and Conclusion

Section 230 of the CDA is a cornerstone of U.S. internet law, offering broad immunity to online platforms for user-generated content, fostering free expression, and enabling the growth of social media and online services. While Indian law addresses communication restrictions through constitutional rights and specific statutes, it lacks a direct equivalent to Section 230, leading to different approaches in balancing free speech and regulation. Overall, Section 230 has been pivotal in shaping digital communication policies, emphasizing intermediary protections to promote open online spaces while maintaining mechanisms for content regulation within constitutional limits.


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X Corp.  VS Union of India

2023 0 Supreme(Kar) 1302 India - Karnataka

KRISHNA S. DIXIT

96, 114) ... ... (B) Intermediary Liability - Court distinguished between protections available under section ... However, now there is The Communications Decency Act, 1996; section 230(c)(1) enacts a 'safe harbor provision' whereby intermediaries are not treated as the publisher or speakers of third party generated content; section 230(c)(2) enacts 'Good Samaritan clause' which provides that the intermediaries ... These three are, The Indian Stati....

X CORP vs UNION OF INDIA

2025 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 24817 India - Karnataka High Court

S. 844 (1997), we addressed the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA), 110 Stat. 133. ... E.g. in USA a under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 1996, no provider or user of interactive computer service shall be treated as a publisher or speaker information content provider. gives an intermediary complete immunity from liability arising out of user generated content. ... With this comes the Communicat....

Life Insurance Corporation Of India: Union Of India VS Prof. Manubhai D. Shah: Cinemart Foundation

1992 0 Supreme(SC) 452 India - Supreme Court

M.M.PUNCHHI, A.M.AHMADI

In Odyssey Communications Pvt. Ltd, v. ... Section 7 lays down the penalties for contravention of the requirements of Part II of the Act. ... Section 5A provides for certification of films. ... Section 5B provides for laying down principles for guidance in the matter of certification of films. ... Section 8 confers power to make rules and Section 9 empowers the Central Government to exempt the exhibition or export of any film or class of films from any of the provisio....

Master Antenna System Operators Association Of Chhota Nagpur.  VS State Of Bihar

1992 0 Supreme(Pat) 360 India - Patna

AMIR DAS, BINOD KUMAR ROY

, 1885 - INDIAN TELEGRAPH RULES - REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS - PUBLIC ORDER - DECENCY OR MORALITY - INFRINGEMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ... INTERIM RELIEF - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION - ARTICLE 19(1)(A) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA - TELEGRAPH ACT ... the petitioners were prima facie entitled to interim relief, as the respondents did not have any authority under the Telegraph Act ... Union of India and Ors. etc., -- this Court after pointing out that communication needs in a democratic society sh....

Secretary, Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting, Government Of India: Cricket Association Of Bengal VS Cricket Association Of Bengal: Union Of India

1995 0 Supreme(SC) 222 India - Supreme Court

B.P.JEEVAN REDDY, P.B.SAWANT, S.MOHAN

-A) - impugned Act - Section 9(1-A) - Telegraph Act - Section 4 - Appointment satellite - Governmental agencies - Case have a monopoly ... Constitution Of India,1950 - Article 19(2) - Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1949 - Section 9 (1 ... restrictions interest of sovereignty and integrity of country security of State friendly relations with foreign State public order decency ... This Act placed the telephone and wireless communicat....

Devidas Ramachandra Tuljapurkar VS State of Maharashtra

2015 4 Supreme 641 India - Supreme Court

DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C.PANT

– An artistic work would be obscene if it has the tendency to corrupt the morals of those in whose hands the article may fall – Decency ... without true history and portrayal of an artistic scene – Liberty of expression must be moderated by the limits of ‘public order’, ‘decency ... 153-B read with Section 34, IPC and eventually after due ... American Union of Civil Liberties, 521 U.S. 844 (1997) the plaintiffs filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of provisions of Communications Decency #HL_ST....

Kalanithi Maran VS R.  Krishnamurthy

2013 0 Supreme(Mad) 888 India - Madras

VINOD K.SHARMA

. - Article 19(1) of the Constitution - A.I.R. 2006 MADRAS 312, O.S.A.Nos.230 and 231 of 2009, R. Rajagopal alias R.R. ... Speaking about the freedom of the press, the Supreme Court vide its judgment in Odyssey Communications Pvt. Ltd. Vs. ... That in view of the false publication, the reputation of the plaintiff/applicant and his family members has been lowered down in the public esteem as there were several enquiries from different section which also caused mental agony besides loss of reputation. ... We are, however, of the opinion tha....

S. MUKHOPADHYAY VS T. D. KARAMCHANDANI

1994 0 Supreme(Cal) 362 India - Calcutta

MUKUL GOPAL MUKHERJEE, K.C.AGRAWAL

... ( 2 ) THIS appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act has been preferred by Sukumar Mukhopadhyay against the judgment of a learned Single Judge dt. 12th July, 1989 convicting him for contempt committed by not supplying the copies ... "the power to punish for contempt has been vested in the Judges not for their personal protection only, but for that of the public, whose interest it is that decency and decorum should be preserved in Courts of Justice. ... Singh, Appraiser in Charge of Vigilance Section. He s....

SUKUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY VS T. D. KARAMCHANDANI

1994 0 Supreme(Cal) 335 India - Calcutta

M.G.MUKHERJI, K.C.AGRAWAL

Singh, Appraiser-in-Charge of Vigilance Section. He stated in para 3 of his affidavit that :"on or about 20/08/1984 at about 3. 00 p. m. Sri Jha called me in his office. ... As he never made any grievance, I bona fide and reasonably presumed that he had been given inspection/supply of the copies of the documents by the Vigilance Section. "the counsel for the deceased respondent T. D. ... "the power to punish for contempt has been vested in the Judges not for their personal protection only, but for that of the public, whose interest it is that dec....

State of Maharashtra VS R. J. Mehta & others

1984 0 Supreme(Bom) 109 India - Bombay

B.C.GADGIL, H.H.KANTHARIA

... At this juncture, it would also be convenient to refer to section 48 of the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971. That section deals with contempt of Industrial and Labour courts. ... Section 2(c) of the Contempt of courts Act defines "criminal contempt" as follows :--- ... " 'Criminal contempt' means the publication (whether by words spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representations, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any o....

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