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Aaradhya Bachchan Case: Delhi HC REBUKES YouTube, Directs To Remove ‘Fake News' On Star Kid
Aaradhya Bachchan case: The granddaughter of Amit Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, Aaradhya Bachchan, has taken legal action against a YouTube tabloid for spreading false information about her health. As per reports, the 11-year-old child has sought an injunction against such reporting in the media as she is a minor.
Actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan became proud parents of Aaradhya on November 16, 2011. Since her birth, the star kids have been in the limelight and have been targets of trolls on multiple occasions. On April 20, 2023, the star kids moved to the Delhi High Court against YouTube tabloids running fake news about her health, some even declaring her to be dead.
WHAT DID THE DELHI HIGH COURT SAY?
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While hearing the case on Thursday, the Delhi High Court rebuked YouTube, which is owned by Google, over the circulation of "fake news" relating to Aaradhya Bachchan. Directing the platform to remove such videos, a bench headed by Justice C Hari Shankar slammed the firm and asked why they don't have a policy in such matters.
Stating that such fake news should not be shared in the future either, the court asked, "When you're told these types of YouTubes are circulating, should there not be some way of handling these things? You are a YouTube platform, don't you have some responsibility for such kinds of things?"
Adding that the company is providing a platform for people to circulate misinformation, the court asked the counsel representing the firm, "You mean to say you're only providing a facility for people to only misinform the public... You are providing a platform on which misleading information is circulating to the public. How can such a thing be tolerated?"
The court also summoned Google and all the parties mentioned in the petition and directed them to change their policies as per the amendment in the IT rules and stated, "Every child is entitled to be treated with honour and respect, be in celebrity or a commoner. Misleading information on child, especially with respect to her health, is completely intolerable in law."
AARADHYA BACHCHAN'S LAWYERS' STATEMENT
Aaradhya's counsel further argued that such videos use morphed pictures of the star kid, which is a breach of her privacy. They stated, "These videos are false, fake, defamatory, and uploaded with the end and intent of gaining eye balls and added viewership and subscription to the channel."
Further, the court has ordered Google to take down all the video clips that discuss Aaradhya's health. "The Delhi High Court has recognised that the privacy of young Aaradya Bachchan needs to be protected against those that are spreading false news and are gaining profits from misusing her family name," Aaradhya's lawyer, Pravin Anand, said.
