Social networking sites and identity theft

By Priti Suri and Dhruv Suri, PSA
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The chief justice of India, KG Balakrishnan, has noted that democratic values such as “freedom of speech and expression”, “freedom of association” and the “freedom to pursue an occupation, business, profession or trade” need to be protected in the online domain as well.

Priti Suri Proprietor PSA, Legal Counsellors
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Social networking sites have become extremely popular over the years, so much so that some workplaces have banned employee access to them. Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, LinkedIn, etc., instantly connect their members with each other and allow them to share information, photographs, contact details, status updates and a lot more almost free of charge. This raises a plethora of legal issues with respect to the uploaded content, such as copyright infringement, compliance with local legislation, identity theft, defamation, etc.

India has fewer legal precedents on defamation or abuse through websites than the US or Europe. Most cases in India relate to creating and posting fake profiles of women, describing them with lewd comments, or posting content online that infringes someone’s copyright.

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Priti Suri is the proprietor of PSA where Dhruv Suri is an associate.

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