Practice

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Consider the following pairs regarding the intermediary liability framework under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and related judicial/constitutional developments:

Pairs

  1. Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 — Provides conditional immunity to intermediaries from liability for third-party content, subject to due-diligence compliance
  2. Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) — Read down Section 79(3)(b) to require a court order or lawful government direction before a platform is obliged to remove content
  3. Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000 — Upheld by the Supreme Court as a valid restriction on online speech, subject to procedural safeguards

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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