Over the voices rose to keep a check on the content which has been published on the social networking sites, a Delhi trial court today asked several sites including, Facebook, Youtube and Google to delete the 'anti religious' or 'anti social' content which promotes hatred or communal harmony.

The court also asked the officials of such websites to collect the photographs which are been published on their sites.
The court today issued summons to 21 social networking sites for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable contents including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Youtube.

Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Sudesh Kumar took cognizance on a private criminal complaint and has directed the Centre for taking "immediate appropriate steps" and also filed a report in the court by January 13. 

Earlier, the communications minister Kapil Sibal along with a group of over 100 delegates has aced their sleeves to keep a check on the content posted on social networking websites such as 'Facebook', Twitter etc. Communications Minister Kapil Sibal earlier said no social network will be allowed to host 'objectionable' content and will take proper steps to screen and remove it.

They have also handed over a memorandum against the 'illicit' activities of websites like Facebook, Google and Yahoo.

The court yesterday passed the order on a civil suit filed by Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi through advocate Santosh Pandey who had submitted the printouts of the contents which according to him defamed Hindu gods, the prophet Mohammed and other religious figures.

"Contents which are uploaded by some miscreants through these social media sites are highly unacceptable and are per inflammatory and derogatory which cannot be accepted by any religion," said Judge.

Reacting to the court's order, Google India today said, "Access to information is the foundation of a free society. With the help of Google Search people gain knowledge and we enable people to find out about almost anything by typing a few words into a computer. And services like YouTube and Google+ help users to express themselves and share different points of view. Where content is illegal or breaks our terms of service we will continue to remove it."