Indian court asks YouTube to share user's IP address, identity in defamation case

YouTube has landed itself in hot water in India. 

India’s Madras High Court directed YouTube and Google to share with the government details of a user who uploaded and published a questionable video. But YouTube is resisting the order, stating that revealing IP address and other details of an individual, could in turn subject it to legal actions by the user, according to a report on Times of India.

The video, posted by one Marupakkam Seithigal, was flagged as defamatory by a private company Lebara Foundation. Addressing the direction of the court, YouTube blocked access to the URL of the video in India, but added that since the IP address of the user has been registered outside the Indian jurisdiction, YouTube cannot remove the video. Read more...